--- title: The dishes of luxury cover his table, the voice of harmony lulls him… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: The dishes of luxury cover his table, the voice of harmony lulls him in his bowers; he breathes the fragrance of the groves of Java, and sleeps upon the down of the cygnets of the Ganges. Who acts: dishes, master. 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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 (dishes, master), 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:pg62868:15:8 # text = The dishes of luxury cover his table, the voice of harmony lulls him in his bowers; he breathes the fragrance of the groves of Java, and sleeps upon the down of the cygnets of the Ganges. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dishes dish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 luxury luxury ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 cover cover NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 harmony harmony NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 lulls lull VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 bowers bower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 breathes breathe VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 fragrance fragrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 groves grove NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 Java Java PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 sleeps sleep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 31 upon upon ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 down down NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 cygnets cygnet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 Ganges Ganges PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lull** | present | the dishes of luxury cover | master | | master's bowers | | master's table and the voice of harmony *nsubj* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 2 | **breathe** | present | master | the fragrance of the groves of Java | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fragrance=Theme | | 3 | **sleep** | present | master *not said here* | | | | | upon the down of the cygnets of the Ganges | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/15/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/15/9/) - ↑ back to [Story of Ortogrul of Basra.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/15/)