--- title: The young man was much dejected with this treatment; but, considerin… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: The young man was much dejected with this treatment; but, considering that in his father’s life-time he had acquired some knowledge of business, he applied to a neighbouring merchant, offering to serve him in the way of trade. Who acts: man. 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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 (man), 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:pg62868:2:5 # text = The young man was much dejected with this treatment; but, considering that in his father’s life-time he had acquired some knowledge of business, he applied to a neighbouring merchant, offering to serve him in the way of trade. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 5 much much ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 dejected deject VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 treatment treatment NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 considering consider VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ’s 's PART POS _ 17 case _ _ 19 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 acquired acquire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 ccomp _ _ 25 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 26 det _ _ 26 knowledge knowledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 business business NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 applied apply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 neighbouring neighbouring ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 merchant merchant NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 offering offer VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 trade trade NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **deject** | past · passive | | the young man | | | | with this treatment | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **consider** | gerund | man *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **acquire** | past · perfect · passive | | man's father's life time | | | | man *nsubj*; some knowledge of business *obj* | tree rules | | 4 | **apply** | past | man | | | | | to a neighbouring merchant | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **offer** | gerund | man *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **serve** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | man | | the way of trade | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Value in way=Location | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/2/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/2/6/) - ↑ back to [The Merchant and His Sons.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/2/)