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title: He, whom ye pretend reigns in heaven, is so far from protecting the… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics
description: He, whom ye pretend reigns in heaven, is so far from protecting the sons of men, that he perpetually delights to blast the sweetest flowerets in the garden of Hope; and like a malignant giant to beat down the strongest towers of happiness with the iron mace of his anger. Who acts: ye, God. A sentenc
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# Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Bozaldab., sentence 6

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He, whom ye pretend reigns in heaven, is so far from protecting the sons of men, that he perpetually delights to blast the sweetest flowerets in the garden of Hope; and like a malignant giant to beat down the strongest towers of happiness with the iron mace of his anger.

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**Who acts:** ye, God · **What happens:** reign, protect, be, delight, blast, beat down · **To what, where:** heaven, sons, sweetest flowerets, garden, strongest towers

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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 (ye, God), 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:pg62868:19:6
# text = He, whom ye pretend reigns in heaven, is so far from protecting the sons of men, that he perpetually delights to blast the sweetest flowerets in the garden of Hope; and like a malignant giant to beat down the strongest towers of happiness with the iron mace of his anger.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	advmod	_	_
4	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	6	nsubj	_	_
5	pretend	pretend	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	reigns	reign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	16	advmod	_	_
13	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	protecting	protect	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	advcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
20	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
21	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
22	perpetually	perpetually	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
23	delights	delight	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	parataxis	_	_
24	to	to	PART	TO	_	25	mark	_	_
25	blast	blast	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	xcomp	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
27	sweetest	sweet	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	28	amod	_	_
28	flowerets	floweret	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	obj	_	_
29	in	in	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	Hope	Hope	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
36	like	like	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
37	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
38	malignant	malignant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
39	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	parataxis	_	_
40	to	to	PART	TO	_	41	mark	_	_
41	beat	beat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	39	acl	_	_
42	down	down	ADP	RP	_	41	compound:prt	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
44	strongest	strong	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	45	amod	_	_
45	towers	tower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	41	obj	_	_
46	of	of	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
47	happiness	happiness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	nmod	_	_
48	with	with	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
50	iron	iron	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	amod	_	_
51	mace	mace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	nmod	_	_
52	of	of	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	54	nmod:poss	_	_
54	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reign** |  | ye |  |  | heaven |  | whom *advmod* | tree rules |
| 2 | **protect** | gerund | God *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | present | God | the sons |  |  |  | of men; far *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **delight** | present | God |  |  |  |  | a malignant giant *parataxis*; perpetually *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **blast** | to-infinitive | God *not said here* | the sweetest flowerets |  | the garden of Hope |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location floweret=Theme |
| 6 | **beat down** | to-infinitive | God *not said here* | the strongest towers of happiness with the iron mace of God's anger |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tower=Theme |
| 7 | **anger** |  | God |  |  |  |  |  | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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