--- title: The streets and the crowds of Mecca disappeared; I found myself sitt… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: The streets and the crowds of Mecca disappeared; I found myself sitting on the declivity of a mountain, and perceived at my right hand an angel, whom I knew to be Azoran, the minister of reproof. Who acts: streets, I, myself. 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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 (streets, I, myself), 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:pg62868:12:16 # text = The streets and the crowds of Mecca disappeared; I found myself sitting on the declivity of a mountain, and perceived at my right hand an angel, whom I knew to be Azoran, the minister of reproof. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 streets street NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 crowds crowd NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Mecca Mecca PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 disappeared disappear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 12 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 11 obj _ _ 13 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 xcomp _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 declivity declivity NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 perceived perceive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 25 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 27 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 angel angel NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 obj _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 cop _ _ 35 Azoran Azoran PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 minister minister NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 appos _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 reproof reproof NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **disappear** | past | the streets and the crowds of Mecca | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **find** | past | I | myself | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent myself=Attribute clause=Theme | | 3 | **sit** | gerund | myself *not said here* | | | the declivity of a mountain | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on declivity=Location | | 4 | **perceive** | past | I *not said here* | a angel | | my right hand | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer angel=Stimulus | | 5 | **know** | past | I | a angel | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer whom=Stimulus | | 6 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | Azoran | | | | the minister of reproof *appos* | tree rules | 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/12/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/12/17/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Almet.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/12/)