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title: Bozaldab, Calif of Egypt, had dwelt securely for many years in the s… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics
description: Bozaldab, Calif of Egypt, had dwelt securely for many years in the silken pavilions of pleasure, and had every morning anointed his head with the oil of gladness, when his only son Aboram, for whom he had crowded his treasuries with gold, extended his dominions with conquests, and secured them with 
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# Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Bozaldab., sentence 1

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Bozaldab, Calif of Egypt, had dwelt securely for many years in the silken pavilions of pleasure, and had every morning anointed his head with the oil of gladness, when his only son Aboram, for whom he had crowded his treasuries with gold, extended his dominions with conquests, and secured them with impregnable fortresses, was suddenly wounded, as he was hunting, with an arrow from an unknown hand, and expired in the field.

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**Who acts:** morning, son, only son · **What happens:** dwell, have, anoint, crowd, extend, secure · **To what, where:** Bozaldab, head, treasuries, dominions, field

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This is a sentence of «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, The Story of Bozaldab.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (morning, son, only son), 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:pg62868:19:1
# text = Bozaldab, Calif of Egypt, had dwelt securely for many years in the silken pavilions of pleasure, and had every morning anointed his head with the oil of gladness, when his only son Aboram, for whom he had crowded his treasuries with gold, extended his dominions with conquests, and secured them with impregnable fortresses, was suddenly wounded, as he was hunting, with an arrow from an unknown hand, and expired in the field.
1	Bozaldab	Bozaldab	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	Calif	Calif	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
7	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	dwelt	dwell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	securely	securely	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	silken	silken	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	pavilions	pavilion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	pleasure	pleasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	_
22	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	23	det	_	_
23	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nsubj	_	_
24	anointed	anoint	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	ccomp	_	_
25	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	_
27	with	with	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	gladness	gladness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
33	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	49	advmod	_	_
34	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	36	nmod:poss	_	_
35	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	amod	_	_
36	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	nsubj	_	_
37	Aboram	Aboram	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
39	for	for	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
40	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	43	obl	_	_
41	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	43	nsubj	_	_
42	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	43	aux	_	_
43	crowded	crowd	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	36	acl:relcl	_	_
44	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	45	nmod:poss	_	_
45	treasuries	treasury	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	obj	_	_
46	with	with	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
47	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
49	extended	extend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	conj	_	_
50	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	51	nmod:poss	_	_
51	dominions	dominion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	49	obj	_	_
52	with	with	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
53	conquests	conquest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	49	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
55	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	56	cc	_	_
56	secured	secure	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	49	conj	_	_
57	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	56	obj	_	_
58	with	with	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
59	impregnable	impregnable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	60	amod	_	_
60	fortresses	fortress	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	56	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	64	punct	_	_
62	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	64	cop	_	_
63	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	RB	_	64	advmod	_	_
64	wounded	wounded	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	56	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	69	punct	_	_
66	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	69	mark	_	_
67	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	69	nsubj	_	_
68	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	69	aux	_	_
69	hunting	hunt	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	64	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
70	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	73	punct	_	_
71	with	with	ADP	IN	_	73	case	_	_
72	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	73	det	_	_
73	arrow	arrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	69	obl	_	_
74	from	from	ADP	IN	_	77	case	_	_
75	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	77	det	_	_
76	unknown	unknown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	77	amod	_	_
77	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	73	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
78	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	80	punct	_	_
79	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	80	cc	_	_
80	expired	expire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	conj	_	_
81	in	in	ADP	IN	_	83	case	_	_
82	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	83	det	_	_
83	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	80	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
84	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dwell** | past · perfect · passive |  | Bozaldab and Calif of Egypt |  |  | year | securely *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: subject=Location |
| 2 | **have** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **anoint** | past | every morning | Egypt's head |  |  |  | with the oil of gladness | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent head=Destination with oil=Theme |
| 4 | **crowd** | past · perfect | son | son's treasuries |  |  |  | for Egypt's only son; with gold | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent treasury=Destination with gold=Theme |
| 5 | **extend** | past | Egypt's only son | son's dominions |  |  |  | with conquests | vn body\_motion-49.2-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent dominion=Theme |
| 6 | **secure** | past | Egypt's only son *not said here* | dominions *= dominion* |  |  |  | with impregnable fortresses | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent they=Patient with fortress=Co-Patient |
| 7 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | suddenly, wounded *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **hunt** | past · progressive | son |  |  |  |  | with a arrow from a unknown hand | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **expire** | participle |  |  |  | the field |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=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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