--- title: Almet listened, with looks of astonishment and pity, to this complai… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: Almet listened, with looks of astonishment and pity, to this complaint of a being, in whom reason was known to be a pledge of immortality; but the serenity of his countenance soon returned; and stretching out his hand towards heaven, “Stranger,” said he, “the knowledge which I have received from the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/12/8/) [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/) / 8 # Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Almet., sentence 8 Almet listened, with looks of astonishment and pity, to this complaint of a being, in whom reason was known to be a pledge of immortality; but the serenity of his countenance soon returned; and stretching out his hand towards heaven, “Stranger,” said he, “the knowledge which I have received from the Prophet, I will communicate to thee. **Who acts:** Almet, countenance · **What happens:** listen, be, know, return, stretch out, say · **To what, where:** serenity, reason, pledge, hand, knowledge, Prophet · **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, countenance), 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:pg62868:12:8 # text = Almet listened, with looks of astonishment and pity, to this complaint of a being, in whom reason was known to be a pledge of immortality; but the serenity of his countenance soon returned; and stretching out his hand towards heaven, “Stranger,” said he, “the knowledge which I have received from the Prophet, I will communicate to thee. 1 Almet Almet PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 listened listen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 looks look NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 astonishment astonishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 pity pity NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 13 complaint complaint NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 16 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 nmod _ _ 20 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 acl:relcl _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 24 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 cop _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 pledge pledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 xcomp _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 immortality immortality NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 serenity serenity NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 countenance countenance NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 37 advmod _ _ 37 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 stretching stretch VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 51 ccomp _ _ 41 out out ADP RP _ 40 compound:prt _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 44 towards towards ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 “ " PUNCT `` _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 Stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ” " PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ _ 51 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 52 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 54 “ " PUNCT `` _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 knowledge knowledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 ccomp _ _ 57 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 60 nsubj:pass _ _ 58 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 59 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 60 received receive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 56 acl:relcl _ _ 61 from from ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 Prophet Prophet PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 65 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 67 nsubj _ _ 66 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 67 aux _ _ 67 communicate communicate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 conj _ _ 68 to to ADP TO _ 69 case _ _ 69 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 67 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **listen** | past | Almet | the serenity of Almet's countenance | | | | with looks of astonishment and pity; to this complaint | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to complaint=Theme | | 2 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **know** | past · passive | | reason | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | | 4 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | a pledge | | | | of immortality | tree rules | | 5 | **return** | past | Almet's countenance *not said here* | | | | | soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **stretch out** | gerund | | Almet's hand | | | | towards heaven; Stranger *obl* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent hand=Patient towards heaven=Recipient | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Almet | | | | | the knowledge *ccomp* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **receive** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | the knowledge | | the Prophet | | I *nsubj* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from prophet=Source | | 9 | **communicate** *in a quote* | future | Almet | | | | | to thee | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/12/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/12/9/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Almet.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/12/)