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title: But though the door of Carazan was never opened by hospitality, nor… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics
description: But though the door of Carazan was never opened by hospitality, nor his hand by compassion, yet fear led him constantly to the mosque at the stated hours of prayer; he performed all the rites of devotion with the most scrupulous punctuality, and had thrice paid his vows at the temple of the Prophet.
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# Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Carazan., sentence 4

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But though the door of Carazan was never opened by hospitality, nor his hand by compassion, yet fear led him constantly to the mosque at the stated hours of prayer; he performed all the rites of devotion with the most scrupulous punctuality, and had thrice paid his vows at the temple of the Prophet.

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**Who acts:** hospitality, fear, Carazan, thrice · **What happens:** not open, lead, state, perform, have, pay · **To what, where:** door, Carazan, mosque, rites, vows, temple

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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 (hospitality, fear, Carazan, thrice), 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:pg62868:17:4
# text = But though the door of Carazan was never opened by hospitality, nor his hand by compassion, yet fear led him constantly to the mosque at the stated hours of prayer; he performed all the rites of devotion with the most scrupulous punctuality, and had thrice paid his vows at the temple of the Prophet.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
2	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Carazan	Carazan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
8	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	opened	open	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	hospitality	hospitality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	15	cc	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
16	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	compassion	compassion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	yet	yet	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
20	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
21	led	lead	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	_
22	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	obj	_	_
23	constantly	constantly	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
24	to	to	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	mosque	mosque	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
27	at	at	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
29	stated	state	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	30	amod	_	_
30	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	nmod	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	prayer	prayer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	35	punct	_	_
34	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	nsubj	_	_
35	performed	perform	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	conj	_	_
36	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	38	det:predet	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	rites	rite	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	obj	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
40	devotion	devotion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	nmod	_	_
41	with	with	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
43	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	44	advmod	_	_
44	scrupulous	scrupulous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	amod	_	_
45	punctuality	punctuality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
47	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
48	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	35	conj	_	_
49	thrice	thrice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	nsubj	_	_
50	paid	pay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	48	ccomp	_	_
51	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	52	nmod:poss	_	_
52	vows	vow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	50	obj	_	_
53	at	at	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
55	temple	temple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	obl	_	_
56	of	of	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
58	Prophet	Prophet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	55	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **open** | past · passive | hospitality | the door of Carazan |  |  |  | Carazan's hand by compassion *obl* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Theme |
| 2 | **lead** | past | fear | Carazan |  | the mosque at the stated hours of prayer |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to mosque=Destination |
| 3 | **state** *speech: other* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **perform** | past | Carazan | all rites of devotion |  |  |  | with the scrupulous punctuality | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rite=Theme |
| 5 | **have** | past | Carazan *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **pay** | past | thrice | Carazan's vows |  | the temple of the Prophet |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vow=Asset |
| 7 | **vow** |  | Carazan |  |  |  |  |  | nom vow «communication 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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