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title: Almamoulin cried out, “I have at last found the use of riches: I am… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics
description: Almamoulin cried out, “I have at last found the use of riches: I am surrounded by companions, who view my greatness without envy; and I enjoy at once the raptures of popularity, and the safety of an obscure station.—What trouble can he feel, whom all are studious to please, that they may be repaid w
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# Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Almamoulin., sentence 28

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Almamoulin cried out, “I have at last found the use of riches: I am surrounded by companions, who view my greatness without envy; and I enjoy at once the raptures of popularity, and the safety of an obscure station.—What trouble can he feel, whom all are studious to please, that they may be repaid with pleasure?

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**Who acts:** Almamoulin, last, companions, trouble, all · **What happens:** cry out, have, find, surround, view, enjoy · **To what, where:** use, Almamoulin, greatness, raptures, riches · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, The Story of Almamoulin.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Almamoulin, last, companions, trouble), 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:pg62868:18:28
# text = Almamoulin cried out, “I have at last found the use of riches: I am surrounded by companions, who view my greatness without envy; and I enjoy at once the raptures of popularity, and the safety of an obscure station.—What trouble can he feel, whom all are studious to please, that they may be repaid with pleasure?
1	Almamoulin	Almamoulin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	at	at	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	nsubj	_	_
10	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	riches	rich	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	18	punct	_	_
16	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj:pass	_	_
17	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux:pass	_	_
18	surrounded	surround	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	ccomp	_	_
19	by	by	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	companions	companion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	23	nsubj	_	_
23	view	view	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	acl:relcl	_	_
24	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	25	nmod:poss	_	_
25	greatness	greatness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	_
26	without	without	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	envy	envy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	31	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
30	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	31	nsubj	_	_
31	enjoy	enjoy	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
32	at	at	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
33	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	35	advmod	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	raptures	rapture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	obl	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	popularity	popularity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
39	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	conj	_	_
42	of	of	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
43	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
44	obscure	obscure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	amod	_	_
45	station	station	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	52	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	49	det	_	_
49	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	nsubj	_	_
50	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	52	aux	_	_
51	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	52	nsubj	_	_
52	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
54	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	57	obl	_	_
55	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	57	nsubj	_	_
56	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	57	cop	_	_
57	studious	studious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	conj	_	_
58	to	to	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
59	please	please	INTJ	UH	_	57	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	65	punct	_	_
61	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	65	mark	_	_
62	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	65	nsubj	_	_
63	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	65	aux	_	_
64	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	65	aux:pass	_	_
65	repaid	repay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	52	advcl	_	_
66	with	with	ADP	IN	_	67	case	_	_
67	pleasure	pleasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	65	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry out** *speech: express* | past | Almamoulin |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **have** *in a quote* | present | Almamoulin |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **find** *in a quote* | past | last | the use of riches |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent use=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 4 | **surround** *in a quote* | present · passive | companions | Almamoulin |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Co-Theme |
| 5 | **view** *in a quote* | present | companions | my greatness |  |  |  | without envy | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer greatness=Stimulus |
| 6 | **enjoy** *in a quote* | present | Almamoulin |  |  | the raptures of popularity |  | the safety of a obscure station *conj* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 7 | **feel** *in a quote* | can | what trouble |  |  |  |  | Almamoulin *nsubj* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 8 | **is** *in a quote* | present | all |  |  |  |  | whom *obl*; studious *property* | tree rules |
| 9 | **repay** *in a quote* | may · passive |  | raptures *= rapture* |  |  |  | with pleasure | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: subject=Recipient with pleasure=Theme |
| 10 | **use** *in a quote* |  |  | riches |  |  |  |  | nom use «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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