--- title: Let not instruction be lost upon thee, as the seal of Mahomet in the… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: Let not instruction be lost upon thee, as the seal of Mahomet in the well of Aris: but go thy way, let thy flock clothe the naked, and thy table feed the hungry; deliver the poor from oppression, and let thy conversation be Above. Who acts: you, instruction, thy, table. 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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 (you, instruction, thy, table), 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:pg62868:13:17 # text = Let not instruction be lost upon thee, as the seal of Mahomet in the well of Aris: but go thy way, let thy flock clothe the naked, and thy table feed the hungry; deliver the poor from oppression, and let thy conversation be Above. 1 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 instruction instruction NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 xcomp _ _ 6 upon upon ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 as as ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 seal seal NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Mahomet Mahomet PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 Aris Aris PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 22 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 26 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 obj _ _ 27 flock flock VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 clothe clothe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 naked naked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 feed feed VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 39 deliver deliver VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 obj _ _ 42 from from ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 oppression oppression NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 47 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 conversation conversation NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 49 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 xcomp _ _ 50 Above above ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | instruction | | | | as the seal of Mahomet in the well of Aris | tree rules | | 2 | **lose** | infinitive · passive | instruction *not said here* | | | | | upon thee | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V» | | 3 | **go** | infinitive | you *not said here* | thy way | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **let** | infinitive | you *not said here* | thy | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **flock** | infinitive | thy *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **clothe** | infinitive | thy *not said here* | the naked | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent naked=Patient | | 7 | **feed** | present | thy table | the hungry | | | | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hungry=Recipient | | 8 | **deliver** | infinitive | | the poor | | oppression | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent poor=Theme from oppression=Initial\_Location | | 9 | **let** | infinitive | | thy conversation | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **be** | infinitive | thy conversation *not said here* | | | | | above *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **converse** | | thy | | | | | | nom conversation «communication intransitive»: poss=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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/13/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/13/18/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Almet, Concluded.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/13/)