--- title: I turned again towards the angel, impatient to enquire from what sec… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: I turned again towards the angel, impatient to enquire from what secret source happiness was derived, in a situation so different from that in which it might have been expected: but he again prevented my requested: “Almet,” said he, “remember what thou hast seen, and let this memorial be written upo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/13/5/) [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/) / 5 # Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Almet, Concluded., sentence 5 I turned again towards the angel, impatient to enquire from what secret source happiness was derived, in a situation so different from that in which it might have been expected: but he again prevented my requested: “Almet,” said he, “remember what thou hast seen, and let this memorial be written upon the tablets of thy heart. **Who acts:** I, sprightliness, Almet, thou · **What happens:** turn, enquire, derive, expect, prevent, request · **To what, where:** secret source happiness, situation, happiness, memorial · **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 (I, sprightliness, Almet, thou), 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:pg62868:13:5 # text = I turned again towards the angel, impatient to enquire from what secret source happiness was derived, in a situation so different from that in which it might have been expected: but he again prevented my requested: “Almet,” said he, “remember what thou hast seen, and let this memorial be written upon the tablets of thy heart. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 again again ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 towards towards ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 angel angel NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 impatient impatient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 enquire enquire VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 obl _ _ 13 secret secret ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 14 source source NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 happiness happiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 derived derive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 situation situation NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 so so ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 24 from from ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 obl _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 obl _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 30 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 aux _ _ 31 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 expected expect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 : : PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 34 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 again again ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 prevented prevent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 38 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 requested request VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 40 : : PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 41 “ " PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 Almet Almet PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 42 punct _ _ 45 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 “ " PUNCT `` _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 remember remember VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 ccomp _ _ 50 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 53 obj _ _ 51 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 53 nsubj _ _ 52 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 49 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 conj _ _ 57 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 58 det _ _ 58 memorial memorial NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nsubj:pass _ _ 59 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 60 aux:pass _ _ 60 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 56 xcomp _ _ 61 upon upon ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 tablets tablet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 obl _ _ 64 of of ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 66 nmod:poss _ _ 66 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past | I | | | | again | towards the angel | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme towards angel=Trajectory | | 2 | **enquire** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | what *obl* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **derive** | past · passive | | secret source happiness | | a situation | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **expect** | might · perfect · passive | | happiness | | | | which *obl* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **prevent** | past | sprightliness | | | | again | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer | | 6 | **request** | participle | | | | | | my *nmod:poss* | vn beg-58.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Almet | | | | | sprightliness *nsubj* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **remember** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 9 | **see** *in a quote* | present · perfect | thou | | | | | what *obj* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 10 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **write** *in a quote* | infinitive · passive | | this memorial | | | | upon the tablets of thy heart | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/13/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/13/6/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Almet, Concluded.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/13/)