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title: He then cast a casket of jewels on the sand, as trifles of no use; a… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics
description: He then cast a casket of jewels on the sand, as trifles of no use; and crept, feeble and trembling, to an eminence, where he was accustomed to sit to watch the setting sun, and to give signal to any ship that might haply approach the island. Who acts: God, ship. A sentence of «Oriental tales, for th
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# Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Bozaldab., sentence 11

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He then cast a casket of jewels on the sand, as trifles of no use; and crept, feeble and trembling, to an eminence, where he was accustomed to sit to watch the setting sun, and to give signal to any ship that might haply approach the island.

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**Who acts:** God, ship · **What happens:** cast, creep, tremble, accustom, sit, watch · **To what, where:** casket, eminence, God, setting sun, signal, ship

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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 (God, ship), 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:pg62868:19:11
# text = He then cast a casket of jewels on the sand, as trifles of no use; and crept, feeble and trembling, to an eminence, where he was accustomed to sit to watch the setting sun, and to give signal to any ship that might haply approach the island.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
3	cast	cast	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	casket	casket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	jewels	jewel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	trifles	trifle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	16	det	_	_
16	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	crept	creep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	feeble	feeble	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	xcomp	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
23	trembling	tremble	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	21	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
25	to	to	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	eminence	eminence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
29	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	32	advmod	_	_
30	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	_
31	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	aux:pass	_	_
32	accustomed	accustom	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	27	acl:relcl	_	_
33	to	to	PART	TO	_	34	mark	_	_
34	sit	sit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	32	xcomp	_	_
35	to	to	PART	TO	_	36	mark	_	_
36	watch	watch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	advcl	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
38	setting	setting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	compound	_	_
39	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
42	to	to	PART	TO	_	43	mark	_	_
43	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	conj	_	_
44	signal	signal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obj	_	_
45	to	to	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	47	det	_	_
47	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obl	_	_
48	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	51	nsubj	_	_
49	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	51	aux	_	_
50	haply	haply	ADV	RB	_	51	advmod	_	_
51	approach	approach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	47	acl:relcl	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cast** | past | God | a casket of jewels on the sand and trifles of no use |  |  | then |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent casket=Product |
| 2 | **creep** | past | God *not said here* |  |  | a eminence |  | feeble *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to eminence=Destination |
| 3 | **tremble** | gerund | God *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **accustom** | past · passive |  | God |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **sit** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **watch** | to-infinitive |  | the setting sun |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sun=Theme |
| 7 | **give** | to-infinitive |  | signal | any ship |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent signal=Theme to ship=Recipient |
| 8 | **approach** | might | any ship | the island |  |  |  | haply *property* | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent island=Theme |

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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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