--- title: He passed from class to class rather admired than envied by those wh… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: He passed from class to class rather admired than envied by those whom the rapidity of his progress left behind; he was consulted by his fellow-students as an oraculous guide, and admitted as a competent auditor to the conference of the sages. Who acts: Gelaleddin, fellow students. 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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 (Gelaleddin, fellow students), 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:pg62868:14:3 # text = He passed from class to class rather admired than envied by those whom the rapidity of his progress left behind; he was consulted by his fellow-students as an oraculous guide, and admitted as a competent auditor to the conference of the sages. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 7 rather rather ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 admired admire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 than than SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 10 envied envy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 xcomp _ _ 11 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 10 obl _ _ 13 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nmod _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 rapidity rapidity NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 progress progress NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl _ _ 20 behind behind ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 consulted consult VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 25 by by ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 27 fellow fellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 students student NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl:agent _ _ 30 as as ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 oraculous oraculous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 guide guide NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 admitted admit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 parataxis _ _ 37 as as ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 competent competent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 auditor auditor NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 conference conference NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 sages sage NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass** | past | Gelaleddin | | | class | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from class=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **admire** | past | Gelaleddin *not said here* | | | | | to class | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **envy** | participle | Gelaleddin *not said here* | | | | | by those | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **leave behind** | participle | | Gelaleddin's progress *not said here* | | | | behind *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **consult** | past · passive | Gelaleddin's fellow students | Gelaleddin | | | | as a oraculous guide | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent subject=Theme as guide=Value | | 6 | **admit** *speech: other* | participle | | | | | | as a competent auditor to the conference of the sages | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **progress** | | Gelaleddin | | | | | | nom progress «act intransitive»: 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/14/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/14/4/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Gelaleddin of Bassora.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/14/)