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title: Men of warm imaginations and towering thoughts are apt to overlook t… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics
description: Men of warm imaginations and towering thoughts are apt to overlook the goods of fortune which are near them, for something that glitters in the sight at a distance; to neglect solid and substantial happiness, for what is showy and superficial; and to contemn that good that lies within their reach, f
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# Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Alnaschar., sentence 4

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Men of warm imaginations and towering thoughts are apt to overlook the goods of fortune which are near them, for something that glitters in the sight at a distance; to neglect solid and substantial happiness, for what is showy and superficial; and to contemn that good that lies within their reach, for that which they are not capable of attaining.

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**Who acts:** Men, fortune, that · **What happens:** tower, be, overlook, glitter, neglect, contemn · **To what, where:** goods, sight, solid happiness

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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 (Men, fortune, that), 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:pg62868:16:4
# text = Men of warm imaginations and towering thoughts are apt to overlook the goods of fortune which are near them, for something that glitters in the sight at a distance; to neglect solid and substantial happiness, for what is showy and superficial; and to contemn that good that lies within their reach, for that which they are not capable of attaining.
1	Men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	imaginations	imagination	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	towering	tower	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	amod	_	_
7	thoughts	thought	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	apt	apt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	overlook	overlook	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	csubj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	goods	goods	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	11	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	fortune	fortune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
16	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	19	nsubj	_	_
17	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
18	near	near	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
21	for	for	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	11	conj	_	_
23	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	24	nsubj	_	_
24	glitters	glitter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	acl:relcl	_	_
25	in	in	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
28	at	at	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	distance	distance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	33	punct	_	_
32	to	to	PART	TO	_	33	mark	_	_
33	neglect	neglect	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	_
34	solid	solid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	amod	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
36	substantial	substantial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	conj	_	_
37	happiness	happiness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
39	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	42	mark	_	_
40	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	42	nsubj	_	_
41	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	42	cop	_	_
42	showy	showy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	parataxis	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
44	superficial	superficial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
46	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
47	to	to	PART	TO	_	48	mark	_	_
48	contemn	contemn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	33	conj	_	_
49	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	50	nsubj	_	_
50	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	48	ccomp	_	_
51	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	52	nsubj	_	_
52	lies	lie	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	50	advcl	_	_
53	within	within	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
54	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	55	nmod:poss	_	_
55	reach	reach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	_
57	for	for	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
58	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	63	obl	_	_
59	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	63	nsubj	_	_
60	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	63	nsubj	_	_
61	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	63	cop	_	_
62	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	63	advmod	_	_
63	capable	capable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	conj	_	_
64	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	65	mark	_	_
65	attaining	attain	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	63	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tower** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | Men of warm imaginations and towering thoughts |  |  |  |  | apt *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **overlook** | to-infinitive |  | the goods of fortune |  |  |  | something *conj* | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goods=Theme |
| 4 | **is** | present | fortune |  |  |  |  | near goods | tree rules |
| 5 | **glitter** | present |  |  |  | the sight |  | at a distance | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sight=Location |
| 6 | **neglect** | to-infinitive |  | solid happiness |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent happiness=Theme |
| 7 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | what *nsubj*; showy *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 9 | **contemn** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 10 | **lie** | present | that |  |  |  |  | within goods's reach | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 11 | **not** **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | for that; which *nsubj*; goods *nsubj*; capable *property* | tree rules |
| 12 | **attain** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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