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title: Almamoulin now perceived with how little reason he had hoped for jus… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics
description: Almamoulin now perceived with how little reason he had hoped for justice or fidelity from those who live only to gratify their senses; and being now weary with vain experiments upon life, and fruitless researches after felicity, he had recourse to a sage, who, after spending his youth in travel and 
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# Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Almamoulin., sentence 33

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Almamoulin now perceived with how little reason he had hoped for justice or fidelity from those who live only to gratify their senses; and being now weary with vain experiments upon life, and fruitless researches after felicity, he had recourse to a sage, who, after spending his youth in travel and observation, had retired from all human cares, to a small habitation, on the banks of Oxus, where he conversed only with such as solicited his counsel.

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**Who acts:** Almamoulin, sage · **What happens:** perceive, hope, live, gratify, be, have · **To what, where:** little reason, senses, recourse, youth, travel, human cares

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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, sage), 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:pg62868:18:33
# text = Almamoulin now perceived with how little reason he had hoped for justice or fidelity from those who live only to gratify their senses; and being now weary with vain experiments upon life, and fruitless researches after felicity, he had recourse to a sage, who, after spending his youth in travel and observation, had retired from all human cares, to a small habitation, on the banks of Oxus, where he conversed only with such as solicited his counsel.
1	Almamoulin	Almamoulin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
3	perceived	perceive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
6	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	hoped	hope	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	acl:relcl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	justice	justice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	fidelity	fidelity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	10	obl	_	_
17	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	18	nsubj	_	_
18	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	acl:relcl	_	_
19	only	only	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
20	to	to	PART	TO	_	21	mark	_	_
21	gratify	gratify	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	xcomp	_	_
22	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	senses	sens	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	28	punct	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
26	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	28	cop	_	_
27	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	28	advmod	_	_
28	weary	weary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
29	with	with	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	vain	vain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	experiments	experiment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	obl	_	_
32	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
36	fruitless	fruitless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	amod	_	_
37	researches	research	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	parataxis	_	_
38	after	after	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
39	felicity	felicity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
41	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	nsubj	_	_
42	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
43	recourse	recourse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obj	_	_
44	to	to	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	sage	sage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
48	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	51	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
50	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	51	mark	_	_
51	spending	spend	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	46	acl	_	_
52	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	53	nmod:poss	_	_
53	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obj	_	_
54	in	in	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
55	travel	travel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obl	_	_
56	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	57	cc	_	_
57	observation	observation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	60	punct	_	_
59	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	60	aux	_	_
60	retired	retire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
61	from	from	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
62	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	64	det	_	_
63	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	64	amod	_	_
64	cares	care	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	60	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	69	punct	_	_
66	to	to	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
67	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	69	det	_	_
68	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	69	amod	_	_
69	habitation	habitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
70	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	73	punct	_	_
71	on	on	ADP	IN	_	73	case	_	_
72	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	73	det	_	_
73	banks	bank	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	60	obl	_	_
74	of	of	ADP	IN	_	75	case	_	_
75	Oxus	Oxus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	73	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
76	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	79	punct	_	_
77	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	79	advmod	_	_
78	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	79	nsubj	_	_
79	conversed	converse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	73	conj	_	_
80	only	only	ADV	RB	_	79	advmod	_	_
81	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	84	mark	_	_
82	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	84	case	_	_
83	as	as	ADP	IN	_	82	fixed	_	_
84	solicited	solicit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	79	advcl	_	_
85	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	86	nmod:poss	_	_
86	counsel	counsel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	84	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
87	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perceive** | past | Almamoulin |  |  |  | now | with little reason; fruitless researches after felicity *parataxis* | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **hope** | past · perfect | Almamoulin | little reason *not said here* |  | little reason |  | for justice or fidelity | tree rules |
| 3 | **live** | present |  |  |  |  |  | who *nsubj* | tree rules |
| 4 | **gratify** | to-infinitive |  | hopes's senses |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus sens=Experiencer |
| 5 | **is** | gerund | Almamoulin *not said here* |  |  |  | now | with vain experiments upon life; weary *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **have** | past | Almamoulin | recourse |  |  |  | to a sage | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent recourse=Patient |
| 7 | **spend** | gerund | a sage | Almamoulin's youth |  | travel and observation |  |  | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent youth=Asset |
| 8 | **retire** | past · perfect | Almamoulin *not said here* |  |  | all human cares |  | to a small habitation; on the banks of Oxus | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from care=Source |
| 9 | **converse** *speech: other* | past | Almamoulin |  |  |  |  |  | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 10 | **solicit** | participle | Almamoulin *not said here* | Almamoulin's counsel |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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