--- title: The young man, after the death of his father-in-law, retired with hi… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: The young man, after the death of his father-in-law, retired with his wife into a distant part of the country, where he purchased a fine estate, with a splendid dwelling; and there he lived with great credit and reputation. Who acts: man, young man, father. 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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, young man, father), 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:pg62868:2:7 # text = The young man, after the death of his father-in-law, retired with his wife into a distant part of the country, where he purchased a fine estate, with a splendid dwelling; and there he lived with great credit and reputation. 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 43 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 after after ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 retired retire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 into into ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 distant distant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 30 advmod _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 purchased purchase VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 estate estate NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 dwelling dwelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 43 advmod _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 credit credit NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 reputation reputation NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 43 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **retire** | participle | | the young man after the death of man's father in law *not said here* | | a distant part of the country | | with man's wife | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **purchase** | past | man | a fine estate | | | | with a splendid dwelling | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent estate=Theme | | 3 | **live** | past | the young man after the death of man's father in law | | | there | | with great credit and reputation; man *nsubj* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with credit=Location | | 4 | **die** | | man's father in law | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/2/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/2/8/) - ↑ back to [The Merchant and His Sons.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/2/)