--- title: To complete his misfortunes, the little which he had left at home wa… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: To complete his misfortunes, the little which he had left at home was consumed by a sudden fire, which burnt his house, and every thing in it; so that he was brought into a state of beggary. Who acts: death, sudden fire. 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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 (death, sudden fire), 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:pg62868:2:11 # text = To complete his misfortunes, the little which he had left at home was consumed by a sudden fire, which burnt his house, and every thing in it; so that he was brought into a state of beggary. 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 complete complete VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 misfortunes misfortune NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 obl _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 acl:relcl _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 consumed consume VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ _ 16 by by ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 sudden sudden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 22 burnt burnt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 28 det _ _ 28 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 36 mark _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 fixed _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 37 into into ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 beggary beggary NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **complete** | to-infinitive | | death's misfortunes | | | | every thing in thing *obl* | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent misfortune=Eventuality | | 2 | **leave** | past · perfect | death | | | home | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at home=Location | | 3 | **consume** | past · passive | a sudden fire | death's misfortunes | | | | | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **burnt** | past | a sudden fire | death's house | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **bring** | past · passive | | death | | a state of beggary | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme into state=Destination | 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/2/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/2/12/) - ↑ back to [The Merchant and His Sons.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/2/)