--- title: “A certain Cham of Tartary going a progress with his nobles, was met… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: “A certain Cham of Tartary going a progress with his nobles, was met by a Dervise, who cried with a loud voice,”—“Whoever will give me a hundred pieces of gold, I will give him a piece of advice.”——Page 13.] Who acts: certain Cham, Dervise, Whoever, I. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (certain Cham, Dervise, Whoever, I), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg62868:1:1 # text = “A certain Cham of Tartary going a progress with his nobles, was met by a Dervise, who cried with a loud voice,”—“Whoever will give me a hundred pieces of gold, I will give him a piece of advice.”——Page 13.] 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 Cham Cham PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Tartary Tartary PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 progress progress NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 nobles noble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 met meet VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 16 by by ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Dervise Dervise PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 21 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ” " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 — - PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 “ " PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 Whoever whoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 31 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 parataxis _ _ 33 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 iobj _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 nummod _ _ 36 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 iobj _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 — - PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 — - PUNCT : _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 Page Page PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 53 13 13 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 52 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** *in a quote* | gerund | a certain Cham of Tartary *not said here* | a progress | | | | with Cham's nobles | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location progress=Theme | | 2 | **meet** *in a quote* | past · passive | a Dervise | a certain Cham of Tartary | | | | Page *obj* | tree rules | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* *in a quote* | past | a Dervise | | | | | with a loud voice | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with voice=Theme | | 4 | **give** *in a quote* | future | Whoever | hundred pieces of gold | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient piece=Theme | | 5 | **give** *in a quote* | future | I | a piece of advice | Cham | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient piece=Theme | 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. - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/1/2/) - ↑ back to [Opening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/1/)