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title: As Ortogrul of Basra was one day wandering along the streets of Bagd… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics
description: As Ortogrul of Basra was one day wandering along the streets of Bagdat, musing on the varieties of merchandize which the shops offered to his view, and observing the different occupations which busied the multitudes on every side, he was awakened from the tranquility of meditation by a crowd that ob
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# Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, Story of Ortogrul of Basra., sentence 1

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As Ortogrul of Basra was one day wandering along the streets of Bagdat, musing on the varieties of merchandize which the shops offered to his view, and observing the different occupations which busied the multitudes on every side, he was awakened from the tranquility of meditation by a crowd that obstructed his passage.

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**Who acts:** Basra, one day, varieties, shops, different occupations, crowd · **What happens:** be, wonder, muse, merchandize, offer, observe · **To what, where:** varieties, view, different occupations, multitudes, side, Basra

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This is a sentence of «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, Story of Ortogrul of Basra.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Basra, one day, varieties, shops), 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:pg62868:15:1
# text = As Ortogrul of Basra was one day wandering along the streets of Bagdat, musing on the varieties of merchandize which the shops offered to his view, and observing the different occupations which busied the multitudes on every side, he was awakened from the tranquility of meditation by a crowd that obstructed his passage.
1	As	as	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Ortogrul	Ortogrul	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	44	obl	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	Basra	Basra	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
8	wandering	wonder	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	along	along	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	streets	street	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Bagdat	Bagdat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	musing	muse	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	conj	_	_
16	on	on	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	varieties	variety	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	advmod	_	_
20	merchandize	merchandize	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	acl:relcl	_	_
21	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	24	obj	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	shops	shop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	nsubj	_	_
24	offered	offer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	acl:relcl	_	_
25	to	to	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	_	_
27	view	view	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
30	observing	observe	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	conj	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
32	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
33	occupations	occupation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	obj	_	_
34	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	35	nsubj	_	_
35	busied	busy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	33	acl:relcl	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	multitudes	multitude	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	obj	_	_
38	on	on	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	40	det	_	_
40	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
42	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	44	nsubj	_	_
43	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	44	aux:pass	_	_
44	awakened	awaken	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
45	from	from	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	tranquility	tranquility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obl	_	_
48	of	of	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
49	meditation	meditation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	nmod	_	_
50	by	by	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
51	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obl	_	_
53	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	54	nsubj	_	_
54	obstructed	obstruct	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	52	acl:relcl	_	_
55	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	56	nmod:poss	_	_
56	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	44	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Basra |  |  |  | of one day |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund | one day *not said here* |  |  |  |  | along the streets of Bagdat | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **muse** | gerund | one day *not said here* |  |  |  |  | on the varieties | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent on variety=Topic |
| 4 | **merchandize** | present | the varieties *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **offer** | past | the shops | the varieties |  |  |  | to Basra's view *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent which=Theme to view=Goal |
| 6 | **observe** | gerund | one day *not said here* | the different occupations |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent occupation=Topic |
| 7 | **busy** | past | the different occupations | the multitudes |  | every side |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **awaken** | past · passive | a crowd | Basra |  | the tranquility of meditation |  | as Ortogrul | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Theme |
| 9 | **obstruct** | past | a crowd | Basra's passage |  |  |  |  | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer passage=Eventuality |
| 10 | **view** |  | Basra |  |  |  |  |  | nom view «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
| 11 | **pass** |  | Basra |  |  |  |  |  | nom passage «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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