--- title: Having thus settled his determination, he declared to his friends hi… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: Having thus settled his determination, he declared to his friends his design of visiting Tauris, and saw with more pleasure than he ventured to express, the regret with which he was dismissed. Who acts: Having, merit, design. 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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 (Having, merit, design), 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:pg62868:14:11 # text = Having thus settled his determination, he declared to his friends his design of visiting Tauris, and saw with more pleasure than he ventured to express, the regret with which he was dismissed. 1 Having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 csubj _ _ 2 thus thus ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 settled settle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 determination determination NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 design design NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 14 of of SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 15 visiting visit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 acl _ _ 16 Tauris Tauris PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 22 amod _ _ 22 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 than than SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 ventured venture VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 express express VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 regret regret NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 obl _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 dismissed dismiss VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | gerund | | | | | | thus *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **settle** | past | Having | merit's determination | | | | | vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme determination=Location | | 3 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | merit | | merit's friends and merit's design | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to friend=Recipient | | 4 | **visit** | gerund | merit's design *not said here* | Tauris | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tauris=Co-Agent | | 5 | **see** | past | Having *not said here* | | | | | with more pleasure | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **venture** | past | merit | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **express** | to-infinitive | merit *not said here* | the regret | | | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent regret=Theme | | 8 | **dismiss** | past · passive | | merit | | | | with the regret | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 9 | **determine** | | merit | | | | | | nom determination «act intransitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **design** | | merit | | | | | | nom design «act 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/14/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/14/12/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Gelaleddin of Bassora.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/14/)