--- title: The merchant received him into his house, and finding from long expe… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: The merchant received him into his house, and finding from long experience that he was prudent, virtuous, and diligent in his business, gave him his daughter and only child in marriage, and, when he died, bequeathed to him his whole fortune. Who acts: merchant. 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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 (merchant), 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:pg62868:2:6 # text = The merchant received him into his house, and finding from long experience that he was prudent, virtuous, and diligent in his business, gave him his daughter and only child in marriage, and, when he died, bequeathed to him his whole fortune. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 merchant merchant NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 into into ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 finding find VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 experience experience NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 prudent prudent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 virtuous virtuous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 diligent diligent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 conj _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 business business NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 iobj _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 only only ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 39 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 41 advmod _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 43 bequeathed bequeath VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 47 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **receive** | past | the merchant | man | | man's house | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **find** | gerund | the merchant *not said here* | | | long experience | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from experience=Source | | 3 | **is** | past | merchant | | | | | prudent *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **be** | | merchant *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **be** | | merchant *not said here* | | | man's business | | | tree rules | | 6 | **give** | past | | man's daughter and child in marriage | man | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient daughter=Theme | | 7 | **die** | past | merchant | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 8 | **bequeath** | past | | man's whole fortune | man | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent fortune=Theme to he=Goal | 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/2/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/2/7/) - ↑ back to [The Merchant and His Sons.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/2/)