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title: The arts by which you have gained power and preserved it, are to you… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics
description: The arts by which you have gained power and preserved it, are to you no longer necessary or useful; impart to me the secret of your conduct, and teach me the plan upon which your wisdom has built your fortune. Who acts: you, arts, your. A sentence of «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» 
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# Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, Omar’s Plan of Life., sentence 12

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The arts by which you have gained power and preserved it, are to you no longer necessary or useful; impart to me the secret of your conduct, and teach me the plan upon which your wisdom has built your fortune.

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**Who acts:** you, arts, your · **What happens:** gain, preserve, be, impart, teach, build · **To what, where:** power, wisdom, you, secret, me, plan

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This is a sentence of «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, Omar’s Plan of Life.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, arts, your), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg62868:10:12
# text = The arts by which you have gained power and preserved it, are to you no longer necessary or useful; impart to me the secret of your conduct, and teach me the plan upon which your wisdom has built your fortune.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	arts	art	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nsubj	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obl	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	gained	gain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	acl:relcl	_	_
8	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	preserved	preserve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
13	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	18	obl	_	_
16	no	no	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	18	advmod	_	_
18	necessary	necessary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
19	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	useful	useful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	22	punct	_	_
22	impart	impart	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	18	parataxis	_	_
23	to	to	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	22	obl	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	29	nmod:poss	_	_
29	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
32	teach	teach	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	22	conj	_	_
33	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	32	obj	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obj	_	_
36	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	41	obl	_	_
38	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	39	nmod:poss	_	_
39	wisdom	wisdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	nsubj:pass	_	_
40	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	41	aux	_	_
41	built	build	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	35	acl:relcl	_	_
42	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	43	nmod:poss	_	_
43	fortune	fortune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gain** | present · perfect | you | power |  |  |  | by the arts | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Theme |
| 2 | **preserve** | past | you *not said here* | wisdom |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **is** | present | the arts |  | you |  |  | long, necessary *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **be** |  | the arts *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **impart** | infinitive |  | the secret of your conduct | me |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **teach** *speech: other* | infinitive |  | the plan | me |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient plan=Topic |
| 7 | **build** | present · perfect · passive |  | your wisdom |  |  |  | upon the plan; your fortune *obj* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary fortune=Product |
| 8 | **conduct** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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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