--- title: “Almet,” said he, “thou has devoted thy life to meditation, that thy… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: “Almet,” said he, “thou has devoted thy life to meditation, that thy counsel might deliver ignorance from the mazes of error, and deter presumption from the precipice of guilt; but the book of nature thou hast read without understanding: it is again open before thee: look up, consider it, and be wis --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/12/19/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Oriental tales, for the entertainment…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/) / [The Story of Almet.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/12/) / 19 # Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Almet., sentence 19 “Almet,” said he, “thou has devoted thy life to meditation, that thy counsel might deliver ignorance from the mazes of error, and deter presumption from the precipice of guilt; but the book of nature thou hast read without understanding: it is again open before thee: look up, consider it, and be wise.” **Who acts:** Almet, counsel, book · **What happens:** say, devote, deliver, deter, read, be · **To what, where:** life, meditation, that, mazes, presumption, precipice · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (Almet, counsel, book), 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:pg62868:12:19 # text = “Almet,” said he, “thou has devoted thy life to meditation, that thy counsel might deliver ignorance from the mazes of error, and deter presumption from the precipice of guilt; but the book of nature thou hast read without understanding: it is again open before thee: look up, consider it, and be wise.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Almet almet NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nsubj _ _ 10 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 devoted devote VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 ccomp _ _ 12 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 meditation meditation NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 obj _ _ 18 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 counsel counsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 20 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 parataxis _ _ 22 ignorance ignorance NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 23 from from ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 mazes maze NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 error error NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 deter deter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 31 presumption presumption NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 32 from from ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 precipice precipice NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 guilt guilt NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 38 but but CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 43 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 45 nsubj _ _ 44 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 read read VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 46 without without ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 understanding understanding NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 : : PUNCT : _ 52 punct _ _ 49 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 50 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 51 again again ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 52 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 53 before before ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 : : PUNCT : _ 56 punct _ _ 56 look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 57 up up ADP RP _ 56 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 59 consider consider VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 56 conj _ _ 60 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 63 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 64 cop _ _ 64 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 ” " PUNCT '' _ 56 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Almet | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **devote** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Almet | thy life | | | | to meditation *goal*; thou *nsubj* | vn dedicate-79 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent life=Theme to meditation=Goal | | 3 | **deliver** *in a quote* | might | thy counsel | that | | the mazes of error | | ignorance *obj* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent that=Beneficiary ignorance=Patient | | 4 | **deter** *in a quote* | infinitive | thy counsel *not said here* | presumption | | the precipice of guilt | | | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP PP.eventuality»: agent=Causer presumption=Beneficiary from precipice=Eventuality | | 5 | **read** *in a quote* | present · passive | | the book of nature | | | | without understanding; thou *nsubj* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | book | | | | before thee; again | open *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **look up** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 8 | **consider** *in a quote* | infinitive | | book | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Attribute | | 9 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | wise *property* | 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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/12/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/12/20/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Almet.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/12/)