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title: In the time when Bassora was considered as the school of Asia, and f… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics
description: In the time when Bassora was considered as the school of Asia, and flourished by the reputation of its professors, and the confluence of its students, among the students that listened round the chair of Albumazar was Gelaleddin, a native of Taurus, in Persia, a young man, amiable in his manners, and
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# Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Gelaleddin of Bassora., sentence 1

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In the time when Bassora was considered as the school of Asia, and flourished by the reputation of its professors, and the confluence of its students, among the students that listened round the chair of Albumazar was Gelaleddin, a native of Taurus, in Persia, a young man, amiable in his manners, and beautiful in his form, of boundless curiosity, incessant diligence, and irresistible genius, of quick apprehension and tenacious memory, accurate without narrowness, and eager for novelty without inconstancy.

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**Who acts:** students, confluence, Bassora · **What happens:** consider, flourish, listen, be, repute, form · **To what, where:** Bassora, Persia, Gelaleddin, professors

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This is a sentence of «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, The Story of Gelaleddin of Bassora.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (students, confluence, Bassora), 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:pg62868:14:1
# text = In the time when Bassora was considered as the school of Asia, and flourished by the reputation of its professors, and the confluence of its students, among the students that listened round the chair of Albumazar was Gelaleddin, a native of Taurus, in Persia, a young man, amiable in his manners, and beautiful in his form, of boundless curiosity, incessant diligence, and irresistible genius, of quick apprehension and tenacious memory, accurate without narrowness, and eager for novelty without inconstancy.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
5	Bassora	Bassora	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	considered	consider	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Asia	Asia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	flourished	flourish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
16	by	by	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	reputation	reputation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	professors	professor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	confluence	confluence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	nsubj	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	28	nmod:poss	_	_
28	students	student	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
30	among	among	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	students	student	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	conj	_	_
33	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	34	nsubj	_	_
34	listened	listen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	acl:relcl	_	_
35	round	round	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	chair	chair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	_
38	of	of	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
39	Albumazar	Albumazar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	nmod	_	_
40	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	41	cop	_	_
41	Gelaleddin	Gelaleddin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
43	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	native	native	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	appos	_	_
45	of	of	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
46	Taurus	Taurus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	44	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
48	in	in	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
49	Persia	Persia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
51	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
52	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	53	amod	_	_
53	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
55	amiable	amiable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	53	amod	_	_
56	in	in	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
57	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	58	nmod:poss	_	_
58	manners	manners	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	55	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	61	punct	_	_
60	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	61	cc	_	_
61	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
62	in	in	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
63	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	64	nmod:poss	_	_
64	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	68	punct	_	_
66	of	of	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
67	boundless	boundless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	68	amod	_	_
68	curiosity	curiosity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	71	punct	_	_
70	incessant	incessant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	71	amod	_	_
71	diligence	diligence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	68	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	75	punct	_	_
73	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	75	cc	_	_
74	irresistible	irresistible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	75	amod	_	_
75	genius	genius	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
76	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	79	punct	_	_
77	of	of	ADP	IN	_	79	case	_	_
78	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	79	amod	_	_
79	apprehension	apprehension	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	xcomp	_	_
80	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	82	cc	_	_
81	tenacious	tenacious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	82	amod	_	_
82	memory	memory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	79	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
83	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	84	punct	_	_
84	accurate	accurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	79	amod	_	_
85	without	without	ADP	IN	_	86	case	_	_
86	narrowness	narrowness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	84	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
87	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	89	punct	_	_
88	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	89	cc	_	_
89	eager	eager	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	84	conj	_	_
90	for	for	ADP	IN	_	91	case	_	_
91	novelty	novelty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	89	obl	_	_
92	without	without	ADP	IN	_	93	case	_	_
93	inconstancy	inconstancy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	84	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
94	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consider** | past · passive |  | Bassora |  | Persia | time | as the school of Asia; boundless curiosity and incessant diligence *xcomp*; irresistible genius *conj*; quick apprehension and tenacious memory *xcomp* | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute |
| 2 | **flourish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by the reputation of reputation's professors | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by reputation=Location |
| 3 | **listen** | past | the students |  |  |  |  | round the chair of Albumazar | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent round chair=Theme |
| 4 | **is a** | past | the confluence of confluence's students and the students | Gelaleddin |  |  |  | a native of Taurus *appos* | tree rules |
| 5 | **repute** |  |  | reputation's professors |  |  |  |  | nom reputation «state transitive»: of=patient |
| 6 | **form** |  | Bassora |  |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication 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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