--- title: I will, therefore, depart to Tauris, where the Persian monarch resid… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: I will, therefore, depart to Tauris, where the Persian monarch resides in all the splendour of absolute dominion: my reputation will fly before me, my arrival will be congratulated by my kinsmen and friends; I shall see the eyes of those who predicted my greatness sparkling with exultation, and the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/14/7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Oriental tales, for the entertainment…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/) / [The Story of Gelaleddin of Bassora.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/14/) / 7 # Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Gelaleddin of Bassora., sentence 7 I will, therefore, depart to Tauris, where the Persian monarch resides in all the splendour of absolute dominion: my reputation will fly before me, my arrival will be congratulated by my kinsmen and friends; I shall see the eyes of those who predicted my greatness sparkling with exultation, and the faces of those that once despised me clouded with envy, or counterfeiting kindness by artificial smiles. **Who acts:** I, Persian monarch, reputation, kinsmen, greatness, my · **What happens:** depart, reside, fly, congratulate, see, predict · **To what, where:** Tauris, splendour, arrival, eyes, greatness, faces 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 (I, Persian monarch, reputation, kinsmen), 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:pg62868:14:7 # text = I will, therefore, depart to Tauris, where the Persian monarch resides in all the splendour of absolute dominion: my reputation will fly before me, my arrival will be congratulated by my kinsmen and friends; I shall see the eyes of those who predicted my greatness sparkling with exultation, and the faces of those that once despised me clouded with envy, or counterfeiting kindness by artificial smiles. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 depart depart VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Tauris Tauris PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 14 advmod _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 Persian persian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 monarch monarch NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 resides reside VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 18 det:predet _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 splendour splendour NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 absolute absolute ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 dominion dominion NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 23 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 reputation reputation NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 25 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 27 before before ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 arrival arrival NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 congratulated congratulate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 conj _ _ 35 by by ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 kinsmen kinsman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 45 nmod _ _ 48 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 49 nsubj _ _ 49 predicted predict VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 acl:relcl _ _ 50 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 greatness greatness NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 52 sparkling sparkle VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 51 acl _ _ 53 with with ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 exultation exultation NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 faces face NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 58 nmod _ _ 61 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 63 obj _ _ 62 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 63 advmod _ _ 63 despised despise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 acl:relcl _ _ 64 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 63 obj _ _ 65 clouded cloud VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 63 xcomp _ _ 66 with with ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 67 envy envy NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 69 or or CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 70 counterfeiting counterfeit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 43 advcl _ _ 71 kindness kindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obj _ _ 72 by by ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 artificial artificial ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 74 amod _ _ 74 smiles smile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 70 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **depart** | future | I | | | Tauris | | therefore *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to tauris=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **reside** | present | the Persian monarch | | | all splendour of absolute dominion | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in splendour=Location | | 3 | **fly** | future | my reputation | | | | before me | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before i=Location | | 4 | **congratulate** | future · passive | my kinsmen and friends | my arrival | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 5 | **see** | shall | I | the eyes of those | | | | the faces of those *obl* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer eye=Stimulus | | 6 | **predict** | past | | my greatness | | | | who *nsubj* | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot greatness=Topic | | 7 | **sparkle** | gerund | my greatness *not said here* | | | | | with exultation | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with exultation=Theme | | 8 | **despise** | past | | the faces of those | | | | me *obj*; once *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **cloud** | participle | | | | | | with envy | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with envy=Instrument | | 10 | **counterfeit** | gerund | I *not said here* | kindness | | | | by artificial smiles | tree rules | | 11 | **repute** | | my | | | | | | nom reputation «state transitive»: poss=agent | | 12 | **arrive** | | my | | | | | | nom arrival «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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/14/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/14/8/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Gelaleddin of Bassora.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/14/)