--- title: He was sometimes admitted to their tables, where he exerted his wit… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: He was sometimes admitted to their tables, where he exerted his wit and diffused his knowledge; but he observed, that where, by endeavour or accident, he had remarkably excelled, he was seldom invited a second time. Who acts: service. 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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 (service), 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:pg62868:14:24 # text = He was sometimes admitted to their tables, where he exerted his wit and diffused his knowledge; but he observed, that where, by endeavour or accident, he had remarkably excelled, he was seldom invited a second time. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 4 advmod _ _ 4 admitted admit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 tables table NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 11 advmod _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 exerted exert VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 wit wit NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 diffused diffuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 knowledge knowledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 observed observe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 24 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 by by ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 endeavour endeavour NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 28 or or CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 accident accident NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 remarkably remarkably ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 excelled excel VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 38 seldom seldom ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 invited invite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 conj _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 42 amod _ _ 42 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **admit** *speech: other* | past · passive | | service | viziers's tables | | | sometimes *property* | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to table=Recipient | | 2 | **exert** | past | service | service's wit | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wit=Theme | | 3 | **diffuse** | past | service *not said here* | service's knowledge | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent knowledge=Patient | | 4 | **observe** | past | service | | | | | by endeavour or accident | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **excel** | past · perfect | service | | | | | remarkably *property* | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **invite** | past · passive | | service | | | time | seldom *property* | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient | 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/14/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/14/25/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Gelaleddin of Bassora.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/14/)