--- title: As I was sitting alone in my Haram, with my lamp burning before me,… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: As I was sitting alone in my Haram, with my lamp burning before me, computing the product of my merchandize, and exulting in the increase of my wealth, I fell into a deep sleep, and the hand of him who dwells in the third heaven was upon me. Who acts: I, lamp, hand. 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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 (I, lamp, hand), 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:pg62868:17:11 # text = As I was sitting alone in my Haram, with my lamp burning before me, computing the product of my merchandize, and exulting in the increase of my wealth, I fell into a deep sleep, and the hand of him who dwells in the third heaven was upon me. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 5 alone alone ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 Haram Haram PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 with with SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 lamp lamp NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 burning burn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 14 before before ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 computing compute VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 conj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 product product NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 merchandize merchandize NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 exulting exult VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 increase increase NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 wealth wealth NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 35 into into ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 appos _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nmod _ _ 45 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 46 nsubj _ _ 46 dwells dwell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 acl:relcl _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 50 amod _ _ 50 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 51 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 52 upon upon ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past · progressive | I | | | my Haram | | alone *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in haram=Location | | 2 | **burn** | gerund | my lamp | | | | before me | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before i=Location | | 3 | **compute** | gerund | my lamp *not said here* | the product of my merchandize | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent product=Result | | 4 | **exult** | gerund | I *not said here* | | | the increase of my wealth | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **fall** | past | I | | | | | into a deep sleep *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into sleep=Result | | 6 | **dwell** | present | the hand of Carazan | | | the third heaven | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in heaven=Location | | 7 | **is** | past | | | | | | upon me; the hand of Carazan *appos* | tree rules | 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/17/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/17/12/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Carazan.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/17/)