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title: But he who had been neglected at Tauris, was not much regarded at Ba… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics
description: But he who had been neglected at Tauris, was not much regarded at Bassora; he was considered as a fugitive, who returned only because he could live in no other place; his companions found that they had formerly over-rated his abilities, and he lived long without notice or esteem. Who acts: fugitive,
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# Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Gelaleddin of Bassora., sentence 26

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But he who had been neglected at Tauris, was not much regarded at Bassora; he was considered as a fugitive, who returned only because he could live in no other place; his companions found that they had formerly over-rated his abilities, and he lived long without notice or esteem.

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**Who acts:** fugitive, service, companions · **What happens:** neglect, not regard, consider, return, live, find · **To what, where:** service, Tauris, Bassora, other place, over-rated abilities · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (fugitive, service, companions), 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:pg62868:14:26
# text = But he who had been neglected at Tauris, was not much regarded at Bassora; he was considered as a fugitive, who returned only because he could live in no other place; his companions found that they had formerly over-rated his abilities, and he lived long without notice or esteem.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	neglected	neglect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Tauris	Tauris	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
12	much	much	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	regarded	regard	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	acl:relcl	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Bassora	Bassora	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
18	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux:pass	_	_
19	considered	consider	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
20	as	as	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	fugitive	fugitive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
24	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	25	nsubj	_	_
25	returned	return	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	acl:relcl	_	_
26	only	only	ADV	RB	_	30	advmod	_	_
27	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	30	mark	_	_
28	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
29	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	30	aux	_	_
30	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	25	ccomp	_	_
31	in	in	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
32	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	34	det	_	_
33	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
34	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
36	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	37	nmod:poss	_	_
37	companions	companion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	nsubj	_	_
38	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	parataxis	_	_
39	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	41	mark	_	_
40	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	41	nsubj	_	_
41	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	38	ccomp	_	_
42	formerly	formerly	ADV	RB	_	43	advmod	_	_
43	over-rated	over-rated	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	amod	_	_
44	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	45	nmod:poss	_	_
45	abilities	ability	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	41	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
47	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
48	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	49	nsubj	_	_
49	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	38	conj	_	_
50	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	49	advmod	_	_
51	without	without	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
52	notice	notice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obl	_	_
53	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	54	cc	_	_
54	esteem	esteem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **neglect** | past · perfect · passive |  | service |  | Tauris |  | who *nsubj:pass* | vn neglect-75.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **regard** | past · passive |  | Tauris *not said here* |  | Bassora |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **consider** | past · passive |  | service |  |  |  | as a fugitive | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute |
| 4 | **return** | past | a fugitive |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **live** | could | service |  |  | no other place |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location |
| 6 | **find** | past | service's companions |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 7 | **have** | past | companions *= companion* | service's over-rated abilities |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ability=Patient |
| 8 | **live** | past | service |  |  |  |  | without notice or esteem; long *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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