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title: One day, after some hours passed in violent fluctuation of opinion,… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics
description: One day, after some hours passed in violent fluctuation of opinion, sleep insensibly seized him in his chair; he dreamed that he was ranging a desart country, in search of some one that might teach him to grow rich! and as he stood on the top of a hill shaded with cypress, in doubt whither to direct
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# Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, Story of Ortogrul of Basra., sentence 16

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One day, after some hours passed in violent fluctuation of opinion, sleep insensibly seized him in his chair; he dreamed that he was ranging a desart country, in search of some one that might teach him to grow rich! and as he stood on the top of a hill shaded with cypress, in doubt whither to direct his steps, his father appeared on a sudden standing before him.

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**Who acts:** hours, man, search, father · **What happens:** pass, seize, dream, range, teach, grow · **To what, where:** violent fluctuation, man, chair, desart country, search, top

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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 (hours, man, search, father), 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:pg62868:15:16
# text = One day, after some hours passed in violent fluctuation of opinion, sleep insensibly seized him in his chair; he dreamed that he was ranging a desart country, in search of some one that might teach him to grow rich! and as he stood on the top of a hill shaded with cypress, in doubt whither to direct his steps, his father appeared on a sudden standing before him.
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	passed	pass	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	advcl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	violent	violent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	fluctuation	fluctuation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	opinion	opinion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
15	insensibly	insensibly	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	seized	seize	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	chair	chair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	23	punct	_	_
22	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
23	dreamed	dream	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	conj	_	_
24	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	27	mark	_	_
25	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj	_	_
26	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	aux	_	_
27	ranging	range	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	23	advcl	_	_
28	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
29	desart	desart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	compound	_	_
30	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
32	in	in	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	search	search	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	_
34	of	of	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	36	det	_	_
36	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	33	nmod	_	_
37	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	39	nsubj	_	_
38	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	39	aux	_	_
39	teach	teach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	33	acl:relcl	_	_
40	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	39	obj	_	_
41	to	to	PART	TO	_	42	mark	_	_
42	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	39	xcomp	_	_
43	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	33	punct	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
46	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	48	mark	_	_
47	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	48	nsubj	_	_
48	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	conj	_	_
49	on	on	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obl	_	_
52	of	of	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	nmod	_	_
55	shaded	shade	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	54	acl	_	_
56	with	with	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
57	cypress	cypress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	_
59	in	in	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
60	doubt	doubt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	obl	_	_
61	whither	whither	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	63	advmod	_	_
62	to	to	PART	TO	_	63	mark	_	_
63	direct	direct	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	48	conj	_	_
64	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	65	nmod:poss	_	_
65	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	63	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	69	punct	_	_
67	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	68	nmod:poss	_	_
68	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	69	nsubj	_	_
69	appeared	appear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	63	advcl	_	_
70	on	on	ADP	IN	_	73	case	_	_
71	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	73	det	_	_
72	sudden	sudden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	73	amod	_	_
73	standing	standing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	69	obl	_	_
74	before	before	ADP	IN	_	75	case	_	_
75	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	69	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
76	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | past | some hours |  |  | violent fluctuation of opinion and sleep |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in fluctuation=Location |
| 2 | **seize** | past |  | man |  | man's chair | day | insensibly *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 3 | **dream** | past | man |  |  |  |  |  | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **range** | past · progressive | man | a desart country |  | search of some one |  |  | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location country=Theme |
| 5 | **teach** *speech: other* | might | search of some one |  | man |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 6 | **grow** | to-infinitive | search of some one *not said here* |  |  |  |  | rich *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **stand** | past | man |  |  | the top of a hill |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on top=Location |
| 8 | **shade** | participle |  | a hill *not said here* |  |  |  | with cypress | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **direct** | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | man's steps |  | doubt |  | whither *property* | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.predicate»: agent=Agent step=Theme in doubt=Eventuality |
| 10 | **appear** | past | man's father |  |  | a sudden standing | before man |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on standing=Location |
| 11 | **fluctuate** |  |  | opinion |  |  |  |  | nom fluctuation «event transitive»: of=patient |
| 12 | **step** |  | man |  |  |  |  |  | nom step «act transitive»: 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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