Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Obidah., sentence 39

Happy are they, my son, who shall learn from thy example not to despair, but shall remember, that though the day is past, and their strength is wasted, there yet remains one effort to be made; that reformation is never hopeless, nor sincere endeavours ever unassisted; that the wanderer may at length return after all his errors, and that he who implores strength and courage from above, shall find danger and difficulty give way before him.

Who acts: disease, Happy son, that, reformation, sincere endeavours, endeavour · What happens: be, learn, not despair, remember, waste, remain · To what, where: Happy son, example, strength, length return, one effort, way · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, The Story of Obidah.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (disease, Happy son, that, reformation), 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	Happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 son	amod
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 son	cop
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 son	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 son	punct
5	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 son	nmod:poss
6	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 learn	punct
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 learn	nsubj
9	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 learn	aux
10	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 son	parataxis
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 example	case
12	thy	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	13 example	nmod:poss
13	example	example	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 learn	obl
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 despair	advmod
15	to	to	PART	_	16 despair	mark
16	despair	despair	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 learn	advcl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 remember	punct
18	but	but	CCONJ	_	20 remember	cc
19	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 remember	aux
20	remember	remember	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 learn	conj
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 past	punct
22	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	27 past	nsubj
23	though	though	SCONJ	_	27 past	mark
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 day	det
25	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 past	nsubj
26	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	27 past	cop
27	past	past	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 remember	ccomp
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 wasted	punct
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 wasted	cc
30	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	31 strength	nmod:poss
31	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 wasted	nsubj:pass
32	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	33 wasted	aux:pass
33	wasted	waste	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 remember	conj
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 remains	punct
35	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	37 remains	expl
36	yet	yet	ADV	_	37 remains	advmod
37	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	33 wasted	conj
38	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	39 effort	nummod
39	effort	effort	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 remains	obj
40	to	to	PART	_	42 made	mark
41	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	42 made	aux:pass
42	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	39 effort	acl
43	;	;	PUNCT	_	48 hopeless	punct
44	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	45 reformation	det
45	reformation	reformation	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 hopeless	nsubj
46	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	48 hopeless	cop
47	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	48 hopeless	advmod
48	hopeless	hopeless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 wasted	parataxis
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 unassisted	punct
50	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	54 unassisted	cc
51	sincere	sincere	ADJ	Degree=Pos	52 endeavours	amod
52	endeavours	endeavour	NOUN	Number=Plur	54 unassisted	nsubj
53	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	54 unassisted	advmod
54	unassisted	unassisted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 hopeless	conj
55	;	;	PUNCT	_	62 return	punct
56	that	that	SCONJ	_	62 return	mark
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 wanderer	det
58	wanderer	wanderer	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 return	nsubj
59	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	62 return	aux
60	at	at	ADP	_	62 return	case
61	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 return	compound
62	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 wasted	obl
63	after	after	ADP	_	66 errors	case
64	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	66 errors	det:predet
65	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	66 errors	nmod:poss
66	errors	error	NOUN	Number=Plur	62 return	nmod
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	80 find	punct
68	and	and	CCONJ	_	80 find	cc
69	that	that	SCONJ	_	72 implores	mark
70	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	72 implores	nsubj
71	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	72 implores	nsubj
72	implores	implore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	80 find	advcl
73	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 implores	obj
74	and	and	CCONJ	_	75 courage	cc
75	courage	courage	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 strength	conj
76	from	from	ADP	_	77 above	case
77	above	above	ADV	_	72 implores	obl
78	,	,	PUNCT	_	72 implores	punct
79	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	80 find	aux
80	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	62 return	conj
81	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	84 give	nsubj
82	and	and	CCONJ	_	83 difficulty	cc
83	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 danger	conj
84	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	80 find	ccomp
85	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	84 give	obj
86	before	before	ADP	_	87 him	case
87	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	84 give	obl
88	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 son	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	disease	my Happy son			my nmod:poss	tree rules
2	learn	shall	my Happy son		thy example			vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from example=Source
3	not despair	to-infinitive	my Happy son not said here					vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	remember	shall	my Happy son not said here					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
5	is	present	that				past property	tree rules
6	waste	present · passive		disease's strength	length return the wanderer after wanderer's errors			vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
7	remain	present		one effort	there	yet		vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme effort=Attribute
8	make	to-infinitive · passive		one effort not said here				vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»
9	not is	present	that reformation				hopeless property	tree rules
10	be		sincere endeavours			ever		tree rules
11	implore	present	endeavour	strength and courage			who nsubj	vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strength=Recipient
12	find	shall						vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
13	give	present	danger and difficulty	way		before wanderer		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme
14	exemplify		thy					nom example «cognition transitive»: poss=agent
15	err		wanderer					nom error «act intransitive»: poss=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 Obidah., sentence 39

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Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Obidah., sentence 39