--- title: I was struck with his appearance; and turning hastily to the angel,… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: I was struck with his appearance; and turning hastily to the angel, was about to enquire what could produce such infelicity in a being surrounded with every object that could gratify every sense; but he prevented my request: “The book of nature,” said he, “is before thee; look up, consider it, and b --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/13/2/) [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, Concluded.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/13/) / 2 # Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Almet, Concluded., sentence 2 I was struck with his appearance; and turning hastily to the angel, was about to enquire what could produce such infelicity in a being surrounded with every object that could gratify every sense; but he prevented my request: “The book of nature,” said he, “is before thee; look up, consider it, and be wise.” **Who acts:** object, countenance, request, my · **What happens:** strike, turn, be, enquire, produce, surround · **To what, where:** I, such infelicity, sense, request · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, The Story of Almet, Concluded.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (object, countenance, request, my), 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:pg62868:13:2 # text = I was struck with his appearance; and turning hastily to the angel, was about to enquire what could produce such infelicity in a being surrounded with every object that could gratify every sense; but he prevented my request: “The book of nature,” said he, “is before thee; look up, consider it, and be wise.” 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 struck strike VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 turning turn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 10 hastily hastily ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 angel angel NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 advcl _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 enquire enquire VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 21 obj _ _ 20 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 produce produce VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 22 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 infelicity infelicity NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 in in SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 surrounded surround VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 30 det _ _ 30 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl:agent _ _ 31 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 32 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 gratify gratify VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 acl:relcl _ _ 34 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 35 det _ _ 35 sense sense NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 prevented prevent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 40 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 request request NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 : : PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 43 “ " PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 appos _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ _ 50 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 parataxis _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 53 “ " PUNCT `` _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 56 cop _ _ 55 before before ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 51 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ; ; PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 58 look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 39 parataxis _ _ 59 up up ADP RP _ 58 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 61 consider consider VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 58 conj _ _ 62 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 65 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 66 cop _ _ 66 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **strike** | past · passive | | I | | | | with countenance's appearance | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with appearance=Instrument | | 2 | **turn** | gerund | | | | | | to the angel *result*; hastily *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to angel=Result | | 3 | **is** | past | | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **enquire** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **produce** | could | | such infelicity | | | | what *obj* | tree rules | | 6 | **surround** | gerund · passive | every object | such infelicity *not said here* | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **gratify** | could | every object | every sense | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus sense=Experiencer | | 8 | **prevent** | past | countenance | | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer clause=Eventuality | | 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | my request | | | | | countenance *ccomp* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **is** *in a quote* | present | my request *not said here* | | | | before thee | | tree rules | | 11 | **look up** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 12 | **consider** *in a quote* | infinitive | | request | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Attribute | | 13 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | wise *property* | tree rules | | 14 | **request** | | my | | | | | | nom request «communication transitive»: 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/13/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/13/3/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Almet, Concluded.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/13/)