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title: It was now known in the neighbourhood that Gelaleddin was returned,… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics
description: It was now known in the neighbourhood that Gelaleddin was returned, and he sat for some days in expectation that the learned would visit him for consultation, or the great for entertainment. Who acts: Gelaleddin. A sentence of «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, The Story 
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# Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Gelaleddin of Bassora., sentence 18

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It was now known in the neighbourhood that Gelaleddin was returned, and he sat for some days in expectation that the learned would visit him for consultation, or the great for entertainment.

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**Who acts:** Gelaleddin · **What happens:** know, return, sit, learn, visit · **To what, where:** remedy, neighbourhood, Gelaleddin, expectation

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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 (Gelaleddin), 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:pg62868:14:18
# text = It was now known in the neighbourhood that Gelaleddin was returned, and he sat for some days in expectation that the learned would visit him for consultation, or the great for entertainment.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
4	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	neighbourhood	neighbourhood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	Gelaleddin	Gelaleddin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	returned	return	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	18	det	_	_
18	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	expectation	expectation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
21	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	learned	learn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	25	csubj:pass	_	_
24	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	25	aux	_	_
25	visit	visit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	advcl	_	_
26	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	obj	_	_
27	for	for	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	consultation	consultation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
30	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	conj	_	_
33	for	for	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	entertainment	entertainment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | past · passive |  | remedy |  | the neighbourhood | now |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus |
| 2 | **return** | past · passive |  | Gelaleddin |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **sit** | past | Gelaleddin |  |  | expectation | day |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in expectation=Location |
| 4 | **learn** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **visit** | would | Gelaleddin *not said here* | Gelaleddin |  |  |  | for consultation | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-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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