--- title: Remember, Almet, that the world in which thou art placed, is but the… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: Remember, Almet, that the world in which thou art placed, is but the road to another; and that happiness depends not upon the path, but the end; the value of this period of thy existence is fixed by hope and fear. Who acts: you, world, happiness, hope. 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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, world, happiness, hope), 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:pg62868:13:6 # text = Remember, Almet, that the world in which thou art placed, is but the road to another; and that happiness depends not upon the path, but the end; the value of this period of thy existence is fixed by hope and fear. 1 Remember remember VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 Almet Almet PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 obl _ _ 10 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 ccomp _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 det _ _ 23 happiness happiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 depends depend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 26 upon upon ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ 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 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 value value NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 38 det _ _ 38 period period NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 existence existence NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 42 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 fixed fix VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 parataxis _ _ 44 by by ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 hope hope NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remember** | imperative | you *not said here* | Almet | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent almet=Theme | | 2 | **place** | present · passive | | thou | | the world | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in which=Destination | | 3 | **is a** | present | the world | the road | | | | to another | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **depend** | present | that happiness | the end | | | | upon the path | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **fix** | present · passive | hope and fear | the value of this period of thy existence | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | | 6 | **value** | | | this period of thy existence | | | | | nom value «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **exist** | | thy | | | | | | nom existence «state 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/13/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/13/7/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Almet, Concluded.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/13/)