--- title: Gelaleddin affected to deliberate on the proposal, with which, befor… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: Gelaleddin affected to deliberate on the proposal, with which, before he considered it, he resolved to comply; and next morning retired to a garden planted for the recreation of the students, and entering a solitary walk, began to meditate upon his future life. Who acts: Gelaleddin, 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, 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:pg62868:14:5 # text = Gelaleddin affected to deliberate on the proposal, with which, before he considered it, he resolved to comply; and next morning retired to a garden planted for the recreation of the students, and entering a solitary walk, began to meditate upon his future life. 1 Gelaleddin Gelaleddin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 affected affect VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 deliberate deliberate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 proposal proposal NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 advcl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 before before SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 considered consider VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 resolved resolve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 comply comply VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 23 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 25 retired retire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 acl _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 planted plant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 acl _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 recreation recreation NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 students student NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 38 entering enter VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 43 advcl _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 solitary solitary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 walk walk NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 43 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 meditate meditate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 46 upon upon ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 48 future future ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **affect** | past | Gelaleddin | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **deliberate** | to-infinitive | Gelaleddin *not said here* | | | | | on the proposal; which *advcl:relcl* | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent on proposal=Topic | | 3 | **consider** | past | Gelaleddin | proposal | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Attribute | | 4 | **resolve** | past | Gelaleddin | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **comply** | to-infinitive | Gelaleddin *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **retire** | participle | | next morning *not said here* | | | | to a garden | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **plant** | participle | | a garden *not said here* | | | | for the recreation of the students | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **enter** | gerund | | a solitary walk | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme walk=Destination | | 9 | **begin** | past | Gelaleddin *not said here* | | | | morning | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 10 | **meditate** | to-infinitive | Gelaleddin *not said here* | | | | | upon Gelaleddin's future life | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **recreate** | | the students | | | | | | nom recreation «act intransitive»: of=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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/14/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/14/6/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Gelaleddin of Bassora.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/14/)