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title: The Calif instantly beheld a magnificent palace, adorned with the st… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics
description: The Calif instantly beheld a magnificent palace, adorned with the statues of his ancestors wrought in jasper; the ivory doors of which, turning on hinges of the gold of Golconda, discovered a throne of diamonds, surrounded with the Rajas of fifty nations, and with ambassadors in various habits, and 
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# Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Bozaldab., sentence 10

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The Calif instantly beheld a magnificent palace, adorned with the statues of his ancestors wrought in jasper; the ivory doors of which, turning on hinges of the gold of Golconda, discovered a throne of diamonds, surrounded with the Rajas of fifty nations, and with ambassadors in various habits, and of different complexions; on which sat Aboram, the much-lamented son of Bozaldab, and by his side a princess fairer than a Houri.

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**Who acts:** Calif · **What happens:** behold, adorn, turn, discover, surround, sit · **To what, where:** magnificent palace, hinges, throne, diamonds, Aboram

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This is a sentence of «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, The Story of Bozaldab.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Calif), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg62868:20:10
# text = The Calif instantly beheld a magnificent palace, adorned with the statues of his ancestors wrought in jasper; the ivory doors of which, turning on hinges of the gold of Golconda, discovered a throne of diamonds, surrounded with the Rajas of fifty nations, and with ambassadors in various habits, and of different complexions; on which sat Aboram, the much-lamented son of Bozaldab, and by his side a princess fairer than a Houri.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Calif	Calif	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	instantly	instantly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	beheld	behold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	magnificent	magnificent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	adorned	adorn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	statues	statue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	ancestors	ancestor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
16	wrought	wrought	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	jasper	jasper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	22	punct	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	ivory	ivory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	_
22	doors	door	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	22	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
26	turning	turn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
27	on	on	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	hinges	hinge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	obl	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nmod	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	Golconda	Golconda	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
35	discovered	discover	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
36	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obj	_	_
38	of	of	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
39	diamonds	diamond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
41	surrounded	surround	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	39	acl	_	_
42	with	with	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	Rajas	raja	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	41	obl:agent	_	_
45	of	of	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	47	nummod	_	_
47	nations	nation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
49	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	51	cc	_	_
50	with	with	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
51	ambassadors	ambassador	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	parataxis	_	_
52	in	in	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	various	various	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	54	amod	_	_
54	habits	habit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	51	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
56	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	59	cc	_	_
57	of	of	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
58	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	59	amod	_	_
59	complexions	complexion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	51	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	63	punct	_	_
61	on	on	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
62	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	63	nsubj	_	_
63	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
64	Aboram	Aboram	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	63	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	70	punct	_	_
66	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	70	det	_	_
67	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	69	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	67	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	lamented	lament	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	70	amod	_	_
70	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	appos	_	_
71	of	of	ADP	IN	_	72	case	_	_
72	Bozaldab	Bozaldab	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	70	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	80	punct	_	_
74	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	80	cc	_	_
75	by	by	ADP	IN	_	77	case	_	_
76	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	77	nmod:poss	_	_
77	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	80	obl	_	_
78	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	79	det	_	_
79	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	80	obl:unmarked	_	_
80	fairer	fair	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	63	conj	_	_
81	than	than	ADP	IN	_	83	case	_	_
82	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	83	det	_	_
83	Houri	Houri	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	80	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
84	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **behold** | past | the Calif | a magnificent palace |  |  |  | the ivory doors *obl*; instantly *property* | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer palace=Stimulus |
| 2 | **adorn** | participle |  | a magnificent palace *not said here* |  |  |  | with the statues of Calif's ancestors | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with statue=Theme |
| 3 | **turn** | gerund | the Calif *not said here* |  |  | hinges of the gold of Golconda |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on hinge=Trajectory |
| 4 | **discover** | past | the Calif *not said here* | a throne of diamonds |  |  |  | ambassadors in various habits and different complexions *parataxis* | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent throne=Topic |
| 5 | **surround** | participle |  | diamonds *not said here* |  |  |  | the Rajas of fifty nations *obl:agent* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **sit** | past |  | Aboram |  |  |  | which *nsubj* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location aboram=Theme |
| 7 | **lament** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |

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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.

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**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.

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