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title: When I reflected that my lot for eternity was cast, which not all th… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics
description: When I reflected that my lot for eternity was cast, which not all the powers of nature could reverse, my confidence totally forsook me; and while I stood trembling and silent, covered with confusion, and chilled with horror, I was thus addressed by the radiance that flamed before me:— Who acts: I, p
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# Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Carazan., sentence 14

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When I reflected that my lot for eternity was cast, which not all the powers of nature could reverse, my confidence totally forsook me; and while I stood trembling and silent, covered with confusion, and chilled with horror, I was thus addressed by the radiance that flamed before me:—

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**Who acts:** I, powers, confidence, radiance, my · **What happens:** reflect, cast, reverse, forsake, stand, tremble · **To what, where:** lot, me, I

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This is a sentence of «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, The Story of Carazan.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, powers, confidence, radiance), 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:pg62868:17:14
# text = When I reflected that my lot for eternity was cast, which not all the powers of nature could reverse, my confidence totally forsook me; and while I stood trembling and silent, covered with confusion, and chilled with horror, I was thus addressed by the radiance that flamed before me:—
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	reflected	reflect	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	48	advcl	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
5	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	eternity	eternity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	cast	cast	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
12	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	20	obj	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	16	det:predet	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	powers	power	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nsubj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
19	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
20	reverse	reverse	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
22	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	confidence	confidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nsubj	_	_
24	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
25	forsook	forsake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	conj	_	_
26	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	25	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
29	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	31	mark	_	_
30	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	31	nsubj	_	_
31	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
32	trembling	tremble	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	31	xcomp	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
34	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
36	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	32	advcl	_	_
37	with	with	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
38	confusion	confusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
41	chilled	chill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
42	with	with	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	horror	horror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
45	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	48	nsubj:pass	_	_
46	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	48	aux:pass	_	_
47	thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	48	advmod	_	_
48	addressed	address	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
49	by	by	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	radiance	radiance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obl	_	_
52	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	53	nsubj	_	_
53	flamed	flame	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	51	acl:relcl	_	_
54	before	before	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
55	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	53	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	48	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	48	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reflect** | past | I |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **cast** | past · passive |  | my lot for eternity |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product |
| 3 | **reverse** | could | all powers of nature |  |  |  |  | which *obj* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent which=Patient |
| 4 | **forsake** | past | my confidence | me |  |  |  | totally *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **stand** | past | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 6 | **tremble** | gerund | I *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **cover** | participle | I *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with confusion | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with confusion=Theme |
| 8 | **chill** | participle | I *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with horror | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with horror=Instrument |
| 9 | **address** | past · passive | the radiance | I |  |  |  | thus *property* | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Destination |
| 10 | **flame** | past | the radiance |  |  |  | before me |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before i=Location |
| 11 | **confide** |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom confidence «cognition transitive»: poss=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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