--- title: If in the treasures of thy wisdom there is any precept to obtain fel… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: If in the treasures of thy wisdom there is any precept to obtain felicity, vouchsafe it to me: for this purpose am I come; a purpose which yet I feared to reveal, lest, like all the former, it should be disappointed.” Who acts: precept, you, I. 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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 (precept, you, I), 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:pg62868:12:7 # text = If in the treasures of thy wisdom there is any precept to obtain felicity, vouchsafe it to me: for this purpose am I come; a purpose which yet I feared to reveal, lest, like all the former, it should be disappointed.” 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 treasures treasure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 wisdom wisdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 9 expl _ _ 9 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 10 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 11 det _ _ 11 precept precept NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 obtain obtain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 acl _ _ 14 felicity felicity NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 16 vouchsafe vouchsafe VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 det _ _ 23 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 24 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 30 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 obj _ _ 31 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 feared fear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 reveal reveal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 37 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 like like ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 42 det:predet _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 former former ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 45 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 cop _ _ 47 disappointed disappointed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | any precept | | | the treasures of thy wisdom; there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in treasure=Location | | 2 | **obtain** | to-infinitive | any precept *not said here* | felicity | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset felicity=Theme | | 3 | **vouchsafe** | imperative | you *not said here* | felicity | me | | | for this purpose; a purpose *obl* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | present | I | this purpose *not said here* | | | | come *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **fear** | past | I | a purpose | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **reveal** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | should | precept | | | | | disappointed *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **treasure** | | | thy wisdom | | | | | nom treasure «possession transitive»: of=patient | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/12/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/12/8/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Almet.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/12/)