Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Gelaleddin of Bassora., sentence 23

He was told by one, that there was no vacancy in his office; by another, that his merit was above any patronage but that of the emperor; by a third, that he would not forget him; and by the chief vizier, that he did not think, literature of any great use in public business.

Who acts: vacancy, merit, service · What happens: tell, be, not forget, not think · To what, where: service, patronage, merit · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, The Story of Gelaleddin of Bassora.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (vacancy, merit, service), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.

The tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 told	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 told	aux:pass
3	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 one	case
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 told	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 was	punct
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 was	mark
8	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	9 was	expl
9	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 told	ccomp
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 vacancy	det
11	vacancy	vacancy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 was	nsubj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 office	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 office	nmod:poss
14	office	office	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 vacancy	nmod
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	17 another	punct
16	by	by	ADP	_	17 another	case
17	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	3 told	parataxis
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 patronage	punct
19	that	that	SCONJ	_	25 patronage	mark
20	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 merit	nmod:poss
21	merit	merit	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 patronage	nsubj
22	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 patronage	cop
23	above	above	ADP	_	25 patronage	case
24	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	25 patronage	det
25	patronage	patronage	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 told	obl
26	but	but	CCONJ	_	27 that	cc
27	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	25 patronage	nmod
28	of	of	ADP	_	30 emperor	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 emperor	det
30	emperor	emperor	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 that	nmod
31	;	;	PUNCT	_	34 third	punct
32	by	by	ADP	_	34 third	case
33	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	34 third	det
34	third	third	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 told	parataxis
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 forget	punct
36	that	that	SCONJ	_	40 forget	mark
37	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 forget	nsubj
38	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	40 forget	aux
39	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	40 forget	advmod
40	forget	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	34 third	conj
41	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 forget	obj
42	;	;	PUNCT	_	47 vizier	punct
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 vizier	cc
44	by	by	ADP	_	47 vizier	case
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 vizier	det
46	chief	chief	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 vizier	amod
47	vizier	vizier	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 third	conj
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 think	punct
49	that	that	SCONJ	_	53 think	mark
50	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 think	nsubj
51	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	53 think	aux
52	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	53 think	advmod
53	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	34 third	conj
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 literature	punct
55	literature	literature	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 third	conj
56	of	of	ADP	_	59 use	case
57	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	59 use	det
58	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 use	amod
59	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 literature	nmod
60	in	in	ADP	_	62 business	case
61	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	62 business	amod
62	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 use	nmod
63	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 told	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past · passive		service		by one; a third and the chief vizier and literature of any great use in public business parataxis	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	be	past	no vacancy in service's office		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	past	service's merit		any patronage	that of the emperor nmod	tree rules
4	not forget	would	service	merit			tree rules
5	not think speech: other	past · do-support	service				vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Text: «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, Project Gutenberg book 62868 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.

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🌲 Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Gelaleddin of Bassora., sentence 23

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Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Gelaleddin of Bassora., sentence 23