--- title: And when I am placed at his right hand, which he will do of course,… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: And when I am placed at his right hand, which he will do of course, if it be only to honour his daughter, I will give him the thousand pieces of gold which I promised him, and afterwards, to his great surprise, will present him with another purse of the same value, with some short speech, as, ‘Sir, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/16/26/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Oriental tales, for the entertainment…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/) / [The Story of Alnaschar.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/16/) / 26 # Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Alnaschar., sentence 26 And when I am placed at his right hand, which he will do of course, if it be only to honour his daughter, I will give him the thousand pieces of gold which I promised him, and afterwards, to his great surprise, will present him with another purse of the same value, with some short speech, as, ‘Sir, you see I am a man of my word; I always give more than I promise.’ **Who acts:** father, course, I, you, my · **What happens:** place, do, be, give, promise, present · **To what, where:** I, right hand, thousand pieces, father, man, more · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, The Story of Alnaschar.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (father, course, I, you), 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:pg62868:16:26 # text = And when I am placed at his right hand, which he will do of course, if it be only to honour his daughter, I will give him the thousand pieces of gold which I promised him, and afterwards, to his great surprise, will present him with another purse of the same value, with some short speech, as, ‘Sir, you see I am a man of my word; I always give more than I promise.’ 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 obj _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 acl:relcl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 if if SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 20 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 cop _ _ 21 only only ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 honour honour VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 iobj _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 33 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 obj _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 afterwards afterwards ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 46 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 surprise surprise NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 present present VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 47 parataxis _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ _ 52 with with ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 54 det _ _ 54 purse purse NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 57 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 value value NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 60 with with ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 61 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 63 det _ _ 62 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 amod _ _ 63 speech speech NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 65 as as ADP IN _ 68 case _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 67 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 68 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 70 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 71 nsubj _ _ 71 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 72 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 75 nsubj _ _ 73 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 75 cop _ _ 74 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 75 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 ccomp _ _ 76 of of ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 77 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 78 nmod:poss _ _ 78 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 79 ; ; PUNCT , _ 82 punct _ _ 80 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 82 nsubj _ _ 81 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 82 advmod _ _ 82 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 83 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 82 obj _ _ 84 than than SCONJ IN _ 86 mark _ _ 85 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 86 nsubj _ _ 86 promise promise VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 83 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 87 . . PUNCT . _ 82 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 88 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **place** | present · passive | | I | | father's right hand | | father's great surprise *parataxis*; afterwards *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme at hand=Destination | | 2 | **do** | future | father | father's right hand | | | | of course | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality | | 3 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | to-infinitive | course | | | | | father's daughter *obj*; honour *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **give** | future | I | the thousand pieces of gold | father | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient piece=Theme | | 5 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | I | the thousand pieces of gold | father | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal which=Theme | | 6 | **present** | future | | | father | | | with another purse of the same value; Sir *vocative*; some short speech *parataxis* | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Recipient with purse=Theme | | 7 | **see** | present | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **is a** | present | I | a man | | | | of my word | tree rules | | 9 | **give** | present | I | more | | | | always *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Theme | | 10 | **promise** *speech: promise* | present | I | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **surprise** | | father | | | | | | nom surprise «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | | 12 | **word** | | my | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/16/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/16/27/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Alnaschar.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/16/)