--- title: He built palaces, he laid out gardens, he changed the face of the la… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: He built palaces, he laid out gardens, he changed the face of the land, he transplanted forests, he levelled mountains, opened prospects into distant regions, poured fountains from the tops of turrets, and rolled rivers through new channels. Who acts: Almamoulin. 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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 (Almamoulin), 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:pg62868:18:23 # text = He built palaces, he laid out gardens, he changed the face of the land, he transplanted forests, he levelled mountains, opened prospects into distant regions, poured fountains from the tops of turrets, and rolled rivers through new channels. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 built build VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 palaces palace NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 out out ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 gardens garden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 transplanted transplant VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 20 forests forest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 levelled levell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 24 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 opened open VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 amod _ _ 27 prospects prospect NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 conj _ _ 28 into into ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 distant distant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 regions region NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 poured pour VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 amod _ _ 33 fountains fountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 conj _ _ 34 from from ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 tops top NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 turrets turret NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 rolled roll VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 42 rivers river NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ _ 43 through through ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 channels channel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **build** | past | Almamoulin | palaces | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent palace=Product | | 2 | **lay out** | past | Almamoulin | gardens | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent garden=Result | | 3 | **change** | past | Almamoulin | the face of the land | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Patient | | 4 | **transplant** | past | Almamoulin | forests | | | | | vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent forest=Patient | | 5 | **levell** | past | Almamoulin | mountains and opened prospects | | distant regions and poured fountains from the tops of turrets | | | tree rules | | 6 | **open** | participle | | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **pour** | participle | | | | | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | | 8 | **roll** | past | | rivers | | new channels | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent river=Theme through channel=Trajectory | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/18/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/18/24/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Almamoulin.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/18/)