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title: Thus to the sojourner upon earth it is of little moment whether the… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics
description: Thus to the sojourner upon earth it is of little moment whether the path he treads be strewed with flowers or with thorns, if he perceives himself to approach these regions, in comparison of which the thorns and the flowers of this wilderness lose their distinction, and are both alike impotent to gi
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# Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Almet, Concluded., sentence 9

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Thus to the sojourner upon earth it is of little moment whether the path he treads be strewed with flowers or with thorns, if he perceives himself to approach these regions, in comparison of which the thorns and the flowers of this wilderness lose their distinction, and are both alike impotent to give pleasure or pain.

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**Who acts:** sojourner, value, thorns, flowers · **What happens:** be, strew, perceive, approach, lose, give · **To what, where:** path, value, regions, comparison, distinction, alike impotent

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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 (sojourner, value, thorns, flowers), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg62868:13:9
# text = Thus to the sojourner upon earth it is of little moment whether the path he treads be strewed with flowers or with thorns, if he perceives himself to approach these regions, in comparison of which the thorns and the flowers of this wilderness lose their distinction, and are both alike impotent to give pleasure or pain.
1	Thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sojourner	sojourner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
12	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj:pass	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	treads	tread	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
17	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	aux:pass	_	_
18	strewed	strew	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	advcl	_	_
19	with	with	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obl	_	_
21	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
22	with	with	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	thorns	thorn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
25	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	27	mark	_	_
26	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj	_	_
27	perceives	perceive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	parataxis	_	_
28	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	27	obj	_	_
29	to	to	PART	TO	_	30	mark	_	_
30	approach	approach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	27	advcl	_	_
31	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	32	det	_	_
32	regions	region	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
34	in	in	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	comparison	comparison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	46	obl	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	thorns	thorn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	nsubj	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	conj	_	_
43	of	of	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	45	det	_	_
45	wilderness	wilderness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	nmod	_	_
46	lose	lose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	35	acl:relcl	_	_
47	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	48	nmod:poss	_	_
48	distinction	distinction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
50	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	54	cc	_	_
51	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	54	cop	_	_
52	both	both	ADV	RB	_	53	advmod	_	_
53	alike	alike	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	54	amod	_	_
54	impotent	impotent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	conj	_	_
55	to	to	PART	TO	_	56	mark	_	_
56	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	54	acl	_	_
57	pleasure	pleasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	obj	_	_
58	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	59	cc	_	_
59	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the sojourner upon earth |  |  |  | of little moment |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **strew** | present · passive |  | the path |  |  |  | with flowers or thorns | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: subject=Destination with flower=Theme |
| 3 | **perceive** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | value | value |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer himself=Stimulus |
| 4 | **approach** | to-infinitive | value *not said here* | this regions |  | comparison |  |  | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent region=Theme |
| 5 | **lose** | present | the thorns and the flowers of this wilderness | flowers's distinction |  |  |  | of comparison | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent distinction=Theme of which=Initial\_Location |
| 6 | **is a** | present | value *not said here* | alike impotent |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **give** | to-infinitive | value *not said here* | pleasure or pain |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pleasure=Theme |
| 8 | **distinguish** |  | flowers *= flower* |  |  |  |  |  | nom distinction «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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