--- title: In the mean time he resolved to discover himself to his brother next… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: In the mean time he resolved to discover himself to his brother next morning, and offer him a constant habitation in his house, after he had got the consent of his wife to the proposal. Who acts: gentleman. 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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 (gentleman), 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:pg62868:2:17 # text = In the mean time he resolved to discover himself to his brother next morning, and offer him a constant habitation in his house, after he had got the consent of his wife to the proposal. 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 mean mean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 resolved resolve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 discover discover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 8 obj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 13 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 offer offer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 constant constant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 habitation habitation NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 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 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 after after SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 parataxis _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 consent consent NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 proposal proposal NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **resolve** | past | gentleman | | | | time | | tree rules | | 2 | **discover** | to-infinitive | gentleman *not said here* | gentleman | | | morning | to gentleman's brother | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Topic | | 3 | **offer** | infinitive | gentleman *not said here* | a constant habitation | gentleman | gentleman's house | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal habitation=Theme | | 4 | **get** | past · perfect | gentleman | the consent of gentleman's wife to the proposal | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer consent=Stimulus | | 5 | **consent** | | | gentleman's wife to the proposal | | | | | nom consent «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/2/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/2/18/) - ↑ back to [The Merchant and His Sons.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/2/)