--- title: My apartments will be crowded by the inquisite and the vain, by thos… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: My apartments will be crowded by the inquisite and the vain, by those that honour and those that rival me; my name will soon reach the court; I shall stand before the throne of the emperor; the judges of the law will confess my wisdom, and the nobles will contend to heap gifts upon me. 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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 (name, I, judges, nobles), 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:pg62868:14:9 # text = My apartments will be crowded by the inquisite and the vain, by those that honour and those that rival me; my name will soon reach the court; I shall stand before the throne of the emperor; the judges of the law will confess my wisdom, and the nobles will contend to heap gifts upon me. 1 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 apartments apartment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 crowded crowd VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 inquisite inquisite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 13 by by ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 27 obl _ _ 15 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 16 honour honour VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 16 obj _ _ 19 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 20 rival rival VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 21 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 23 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 25 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 27 advmod _ _ 27 reach reach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 34 before before ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 judges judge NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nsubj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 46 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 confess confess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 48 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 wisdom wisdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 nobles noble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 nsubj _ _ 54 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 contend contend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 56 to to PART TO _ 57 mark _ _ 57 heap heap VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 xcomp _ _ 58 gifts gift NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 obj _ _ 59 upon upon ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **crowd** | future · passive | | My apartments | | | | by the inquisite | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme by inquisite=Destination | | 2 | **honour** | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **rival** | present | | me | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **reach** | future | my name | the court | | | | by those; soon *property* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent court=Theme | | 5 | **stand** | shall | I | | | the throne of the emperor | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before throne=Location | | 6 | **confess** | future | the judges of the law | my wisdom | | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wisdom=Topic | | 7 | **contend** | future | the nobles | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **heap** | to-infinitive | the nobles *not said here* | gifts | | | | upon me | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent gift=Theme upon i=Destination | | 9 | **name** | | my | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/14/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/14/10/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Gelaleddin of Bassora.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/14/)