--- title: I still wished to see distant countries, listened with rapture to th… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: I still wished to see distant countries, listened with rapture to the relations of travellers, and resolved some time to ask my dismission, that I might feast my soul with novelty; but my presence was always necessary, and the stream of business hurried me along. Who acts: I, presence, stream, my. 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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 (I, presence, stream, my), 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:pg62868:10:29 # text = I still wished to see distant countries, listened with rapture to the relations of travellers, and resolved some time to ask my dismission, that I might feast my soul with novelty; but my presence was always necessary, and the stream of business hurried me along. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 still still ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 distant distant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 countries country NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 listened listen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 rapture rapture NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 relations relation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 travellers traveller NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 resolved resolve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 20 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 21 det _ _ 21 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 24 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 dismission dismission NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 feast feast VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 31 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 novelty novelty NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 36 but but CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 37 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 41 advmod _ _ 41 necessary necessary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 business business NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 48 hurried hurry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 49 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 along along ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wish** | past | I | | | | still | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | distant countries | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer country=Stimulus | | 3 | **listen** | participle | | distant countries *not said here* | | | | with rapture; to the relations of travellers | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to relation=Theme | | 4 | **resolve** | past | I *not said here* | | | | time | | tree rules | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | my dismission | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dismission=Recipient | | 6 | **feast** | might | I | my soul | | | | with novelty | tree rules | | 7 | **is** | past | my presence | | | | | always, necessary *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **hurry** | past | the stream of business | me | | | | along *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Agent | | 9 | **dismiss** | | my | | | | | | nom dismission «communication transitive»: 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. - ← previous: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/10/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/10/30/) - ↑ back to [Omar’s Plan of Life.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/10/)