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title: Having sold his patrimony, he engaged in merchandize, and in twenty… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics
description: Having sold his patrimony, he engaged in merchandize, and in twenty years purchased lands, on which he raised a house, equal in sumptuousness to that of the vizier, to which he invited all the ministers of pleasure, expecting to enjoy all the felicity which he imagined riches able to afford. Who act
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# Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, Story of Ortogrul of Basra., sentence 26

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Having sold his patrimony, he engaged in merchandize, and in twenty years purchased lands, on which he raised a house, equal in sumptuousness to that of the vizier, to which he invited all the ministers of pleasure, expecting to enjoy all the felicity which he imagined riches able to afford.

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**Who acts:** Ortogrul, felicity · **What happens:** have, sell, engage, merchandize, purchase, raise · **To what, where:** patrimony, house, purchased lands, ministers, felicity, riches

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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 (Ortogrul, felicity), 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:pg62868:15:26
# text = Having sold his patrimony, he engaged in merchandize, and in twenty years purchased lands, on which he raised a house, equal in sumptuousness to that of the vizier, to which he invited all the ministers of pleasure, expecting to enjoy all the felicity which he imagined riches able to afford.
1	Having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
2	sold	sell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	xcomp	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	patrimony	patrimony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	engaged	engage	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	merchandize	merchandize	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	_
15	purchased	purchase	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	amod	_	_
16	lands	land	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
18	on	on	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	21	obl	_	_
20	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
21	raised	raise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	parataxis	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
25	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
26	in	in	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	sumptuousness	sumptuousness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
28	to	to	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	25	obl	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	vizier	vizier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
34	to	to	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	37	obl	_	_
36	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
37	invited	invite	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	conj	_	_
38	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	40	det:predet	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	ministers	minister	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	obj	_	_
41	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	pleasure	pleasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
44	expecting	expect	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	37	advcl	_	_
45	to	to	PART	TO	_	46	mark	_	_
46	enjoy	enjoy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	44	xcomp	_	_
47	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	49	det:predet	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	felicity	felicity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obj	_	_
50	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	52	nsubj	_	_
51	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	52	nsubj	_	_
52	imagined	imagine	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	49	acl:relcl	_	_
53	riches	rich	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	52	obj	_	_
54	able	able	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	xcomp	_	_
55	to	to	PART	TO	_	56	mark	_	_
56	afford	afford	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	54	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | gerund | Ortogrul *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sell** | participle | Ortogrul *not said here* | Ortogrul's patrimony |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent patrimony=Theme |
| 3 | **engage** | past | Ortogrul |  |  |  |  | purchased lands in twenty years *parataxis* | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute |
| 4 | **merchandize** | infinitive | Ortogrul *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **purchase** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 6 | **raise** | past | Ortogrul | a house |  | purchased lands in twenty years |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent house=Theme on which=Destination |
| 7 | **invite** | past | Ortogrul | all ministers of pleasure |  |  |  | which *obl* | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent minister=Recipient |
| 8 | **expect** | gerund | Ortogrul *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 9 | **enjoy** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Ortogrul *not said here* | all felicity |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer felicity=Stimulus |
| 10 | **imagine** | past | all felicity | riches |  |  |  | Ortogrul *nsubj*; able *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot rich=Theme |
| 11 | **afford** | to-infinitive | all felicity *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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