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title: Almet, the dervise, who watched the sacred lamp in the sepulchre of… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics
description: Almet, the dervise, who watched the sacred lamp in the sepulchre of the Prophet, as he one day rose up from the devotions of the morning, which he had performed at the gate of the temple, with his body turned towards the east, and his forehead on the earth, saw before him a man in splendid apparel, 
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# Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Almet., sentence 1

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Almet, the dervise, who watched the sacred lamp in the sepulchre of the Prophet, as he one day rose up from the devotions of the morning, which he had performed at the gate of the temple, with his body turned towards the east, and his forehead on the earth, saw before him a man in splendid apparel, attended by a long retinue, who gazed stedfastly at him, with a look of mournful complacence, and seemed desirous to speak, but unwilling to offend.

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**Who acts:** dervise, Almet, body, long retinue · **What happens:** watch, rise up, perform, turn, see, attend · **To what, where:** sacred lamp, sepulchre, devotions, gate, east, man · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, The Story of Almet.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (dervise, Almet, body, long retinue), 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:pg62868:12:1
# text = Almet, the dervise, who watched the sacred lamp in the sepulchre of the Prophet, as he one day rose up from the devotions of the morning, which he had performed at the gate of the temple, with his body turned towards the east, and his forehead on the earth, saw before him a man in splendid apparel, attended by a long retinue, who gazed stedfastly at him, with a look of mournful complacence, and seemed desirous to speak, but unwilling to offend.
1	Almet	Almet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	57	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dervise	dervise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	watched	watch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	sacred	sacred	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	lamp	lamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	sepulchre	sepulchre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	Prophet	Prophet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
18	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	22	mark	_	_
19	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
20	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	21	nummod	_	_
21	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl:unmarked	_	_
22	rose	rise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
23	up	up	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
24	from	from	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	devotions	devotion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obl	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
31	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	34	nsubj:pass	_	_
32	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	nsubj	_	_
33	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	34	aux	_	_
34	performed	perform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	26	acl	_	_
35	at	at	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	_
38	of	of	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	temple	temple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
42	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	45	mark	_	_
43	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	44	nmod:poss	_	_
44	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	nsubj	_	_
45	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	34	conj	_	_
46	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	east	east	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
50	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
51	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	52	nmod:poss	_	_
52	forehead	forehead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
53	on	on	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
55	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
57	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
58	before	before	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
59	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	57	obl	_	_
60	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	61	det	_	_
61	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	obj	_	_
62	in	in	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
63	splendid	splendid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	64	amod	_	_
64	apparel	apparel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	66	punct	_	_
66	attended	attend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	61	acl	_	_
67	by	by	ADP	IN	_	70	case	_	_
68	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	70	det	_	_
69	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	70	amod	_	_
70	retinue	retinue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	66	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
71	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	73	punct	_	_
72	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	73	nsubj	_	_
73	gazed	gaze	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	70	acl:relcl	_	_
74	stedfastly	stedfastly	ADV	RB	_	73	advmod	_	_
75	at	at	ADP	IN	_	76	case	_	_
76	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	73	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
77	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	80	punct	_	_
78	with	with	ADP	IN	_	80	case	_	_
79	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	80	det	_	_
80	look	look	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	73	obl	_	_
81	of	of	ADP	IN	_	83	case	_	_
82	mournful	mournful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	83	amod	_	_
83	complacence	complacence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	80	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
84	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	86	punct	_	_
85	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	86	cc	_	_
86	seemed	seem	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	57	parataxis	_	_
87	desirous	desirous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	86	xcomp	_	_
88	to	to	PART	TO	_	89	mark	_	_
89	speak	speak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	87	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
90	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	92	punct	_	_
91	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	92	cc	_	_
92	unwilling	unwill	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	57	conj	_	_
93	to	to	PART	TO	_	94	mark	_	_
94	offend	offend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	92	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
95	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	57	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | past | the dervise | the sacred lamp |  | the sepulchre of the Prophet |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamp=Theme |
| 2 | **rise up** | past | Almet |  |  | the devotions of the morning | day |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from devotion=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **perform** | past · perfect · passive |  | the devotions of the morning |  | the gate of the temple |  | Almet *nsubj* | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 4 | **turn** | past | Almet's body |  |  | the east |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme towards east=Trajectory |
| 5 | **see** | past | Almet | a man |  | splendid apparel | before body |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus |
| 6 | **attend** | participle |  | a man *not said here* |  |  |  | by a long retinue | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent by retinue=Theme |
| 7 | **gaze** | past | a long retinue |  |  |  |  | at body; with a look of mournful complacence; stedfastly *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at he=Theme |
| 8 | **seem** | past |  |  |  |  |  | desirous *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme |
| 9 | **speak** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 10 | **unwill** | gerund | Almet *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 11 | **offend** | to-infinitive | Almet *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 12 | **devote** |  |  | the morning |  |  |  |  | nom devotion «feeling transitive»: of=patient |

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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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