--- title: Such were the thoughts of Almamoulin, as he looked down from a galle… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: Such were the thoughts of Almamoulin, as he looked down from a gallery upon the gay assembly, regaling at his expence; but in the midst of this soliloquy, an officer of justice entered the house, and in the form of legal citation, summoned Almamoulin to appear before the emperor. 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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 (Such thoughts, officer), 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:pg62868:18:30 # text = Such were the thoughts of Almamoulin, as he looked down from a gallery upon the gay assembly, regaling at his expence; but in the midst of this soliloquy, an officer of justice entered the house, and in the form of legal citation, summoned Almamoulin to appear before the emperor. 1 Such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 thoughts thought NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Almamoulin Almamoulin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 down down ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 from from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 gallery gallery NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 upon upon ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 gay gay ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 assembly assembly NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 regaling regale VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 21 at at ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 expence expence NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 det _ _ 31 soliloquy soliloquy NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 officer officer NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 justice justice NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 37 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 legal legal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 citation citation NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 49 summoned summon VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 50 Almamoulin Almamoulin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 appear appear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 xcomp _ _ 53 before before ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the Such thoughts | | | | of Almamoulin | tree rules | | 2 | **look down** | past | the Such thoughts | | | | | from a gallery upon the gay assembly; thought *nsubj* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent from gallery=Theme | | 3 | **regale** | gerund | the Such thoughts *not said here* | | | Almamoulin's expence | | | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **enter** | past | a officer of justice | the house | | the midst of this soliloquy | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme house=Destination | | 5 | **summon** | past | a officer of justice *not said here* | Almamoulin | | the form of legal citation | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent almamoulin=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **appear** | to-infinitive | a officer of justice *not said here* | | | | before the emperor | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before emperor=Location | | 7 | **form** | | | legal citation | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/18/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/18/31/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Almamoulin.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/18/)