--- title: The fable has in it such a wild, but natural symplicity, that I ques… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: The fable has in it such a wild, but natural symplicity, that I question not but my reader will be as much pleased with it as I have been, and that he will consider himself, if he reflects on the several amusements of hope which have sometimes passed in his mind, as a near relation to the Persian Gl --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/16/7/) [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/) / 7 # Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Alnaschar., sentence 7 The fable has in it such a wild, but natural symplicity, that I question not but my reader will be as much pleased with it as I have been, and that he will consider himself, if he reflects on the several amusements of hope which have sometimes passed in his mind, as a near relation to the Persian Glass-man. **Who acts:** fable, I, reader, French · **What happens:** have, not question, be, consider, reflect, pass · **To what, where:** moral, French, several amusements, mind, hope 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 (fable, I, reader, French), 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:pg62868:16:7 # text = The fable has in it such a wild, but natural symplicity, that I question not but my reader will be as much pleased with it as I have been, and that he will consider himself, if he reflects on the several amusements of hope which have sometimes passed in his mind, as a near relation to the Persian Glass-man. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fable fable NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 8 det:predet _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 natural natural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 symplicity symplicity NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 question question VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 19 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 reader reader NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 21 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 25 cop _ _ 23 as as ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 conj _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ _ 28 as as SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 been be VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 consider consider VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 38 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 if if SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 reflects reflect VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 43 on on ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 amusements amusement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 hope hope NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 49 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 52 nsubj:pass _ _ 50 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 51 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 52 advmod _ _ 52 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 acl:relcl _ _ 53 in in ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 57 as as ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 58 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 59 near near ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 relation relation NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 61 to to ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 63 Persian Persian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 64 compound _ _ 64 Glass Glass PROPN NNP Number=Sing 66 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 65 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | the fable | | | moral | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **question** *speech: other* | present | I | | | | | | vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | future | my reader | | | | | with fable; pleased *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **be** | present · perfect | I | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **consider** | future | French | French | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent himself=Attribute | | 6 | **reflect** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | French | | | | | as a near relation to the Glass man; on the several amusements of hope | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent on amusement=Topic | | 7 | **pass** | present · perfect · passive | | the several amusements of hope | | French's mind | | sometimes *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme in mind=Destination | | 8 | **amuse** | | | hope | | | | | nom amusement «feeling transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **mind** | | French | | | | | | nom mind «cognition 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/16/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/16/8/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Alnaschar.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/16/)