--- title: Ortogrul looked, and perceived the channel of the torrent dry and du… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: Ortogrul looked, and perceived the channel of the torrent dry and dusty; but following the rivulet from the well, he traced it to a wide lake, which the supply, slow and constant, kept always full. Who acts: Ortogrul, wide lake. 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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 (Ortogrul, wide lake), 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:pg62868:15:24 # text = Ortogrul looked, and perceived the channel of the torrent dry and dusty; but following the rivulet from the well, he traced it to a wide lake, which the supply, slow and constant, kept always full. 1 Ortogrul Ortogrul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 perceived perceive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 channel channel NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 torrent torrent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 nmod _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 dusty dusty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 16 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 rivulet rivulet NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 from from ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 traced trace VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 supply supply NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 slow slow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 constant constant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 parataxis _ _ 40 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 41 advmod _ _ 41 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | Ortogrul | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **perceive** | past | Ortogrul *not said here* | the channel of the torrent dry | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer channel=Stimulus | | 3 | **follow** | gerund | Ortogrul *not said here* | the rivulet | | the well | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent rivulet=Theme from well=Trajectory | | 4 | **trace** | past | Ortogrul | rivulet | | | | to a wide lake | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 5 | **supply** | | a wide lake | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **keep** | participle | | | | | | full *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/15/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/15/25/) - ↑ back to [Story of Ortogrul of Basra.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/15/)