--- title: “Tell me now,” said his father, “dost thou wish for sudden affluence… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: “Tell me now,” said his father, “dost thou wish for sudden affluence, that may pour upon thee like the mountain torrent, or for a slow and gradual increase, resembling the rill gliding from the well?” Who acts: father, that. 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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 (father, that), 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:pg62868:15:21 # text = “Tell me now,” said his father, “dost thou wish for sudden affluence, that may pour upon thee like the mountain torrent, or for a slow and gradual increase, resembling the rill gliding from the well?” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 3 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 dost do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 nsubj _ _ 14 wish wish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 sudden sudden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 affluence affluence NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 nsubj _ _ 20 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 pour pour VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 22 upon upon ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 21 obl _ _ 24 like like ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 torrent torrent NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 29 or or CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 32 slow slow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 gradual gradual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 conj _ _ 35 increase increase NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 resembling resemble VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 rill rill NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 gliding glide VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 41 from from ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ? ? PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ” " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | | | me | | now | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 2 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **wish** *in a quote* | present · do-support | Ortogrul's father | | | | | for sudden affluence; thou *nsubj* | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for affluence=Theme | | 4 | **pour** *in a quote* | may | that | | | | | upon thee; like the mountain torrent or a slow increase | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | | 5 | **resemble** *in a quote* | gerund | that *not said here* | the rill | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **glide** *in a quote* | gerund | that *not said here* | | | the well | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from well=Trajectory | 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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/15/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/15/22/) - ↑ back to [Story of Ortogrul of Basra.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/15/)