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title: Bozaldab looked earnestly, and saw the countenance of his son, on wh… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics
description: Bozaldab looked earnestly, and saw the countenance of his son, on which he had been used to behold the placid simplicity and the vivid blushes of health, now distorted with rage, and now fixed in the insensibility of drunkenness: it was again animated with disdain, it became pale with apprehension, 
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# Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Bozaldab., sentence 16

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Bozaldab looked earnestly, and saw the countenance of his son, on which he had been used to behold the placid simplicity and the vivid blushes of health, now distorted with rage, and now fixed in the insensibility of drunkenness: it was again animated with disdain, it became pale with apprehension, and appeared to be withered by intemperance; his hands were stained with blood, and he trembled by turns with fury and terror.

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**Who acts:** Bozaldab, countenance, intemperance, health · **What happens:** look, see, use, behold, distort, fix · **To what, where:** countenance, Bozaldab, placid simplicity, health, insensibility, hands

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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 (Bozaldab, countenance, intemperance, health), 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:pg62868:20:16
# text = Bozaldab looked earnestly, and saw the countenance of his son, on which he had been used to behold the placid simplicity and the vivid blushes of health, now distorted with rage, and now fixed in the insensibility of drunkenness: it was again animated with disdain, it became pale with apprehension, and appeared to be withered by intemperance; his hands were stained with blood, and he trembled by turns with fury and terror.
1	Bozaldab	Bozaldab	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	earnestly	earnestly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	countenance	countenance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	18	obl	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
16	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
17	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	18	aux:pass	_	_
18	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	behold	behold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	advcl	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	placid	placid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	simplicity	simplicity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	vivid	vivid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	blushes	blush	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	conj	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	health	health	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
31	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	32	advmod	_	_
32	distorted	distort	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	29	acl	_	_
33	with	with	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	rage	rage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
37	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	38	advmod	_	_
38	fixed	fix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	_
39	in	in	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	insensibility	insensibility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	_
42	of	of	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	drunkenness	drunkenness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	48	punct	_	_
45	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	48	nsubj:pass	_	_
46	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	48	aux:pass	_	_
47	again	again	ADV	RB	_	48	advmod	_	_
48	animated	animate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	_
49	with	with	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
50	disdain	disdain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
52	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	53	nsubj	_	_
53	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	48	parataxis	_	_
54	pale	pale	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	53	xcomp	_	_
55	with	with	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
56	apprehension	apprehension	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
58	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	59	cc	_	_
59	appeared	appear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	53	conj	_	_
60	to	to	PART	TO	_	62	mark	_	_
61	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	62	aux:pass	_	_
62	withered	wither	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	59	xcomp	_	_
63	by	by	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
64	intemperance	intemperance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	69	punct	_	_
66	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	67	nmod:poss	_	_
67	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	69	nsubj:pass	_	_
68	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	69	aux:pass	_	_
69	stained	stain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	48	conj	_	_
70	with	with	ADP	IN	_	71	case	_	_
71	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	69	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	75	punct	_	_
73	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	75	cc	_	_
74	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	75	nsubj	_	_
75	trembled	tremble	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
76	by	by	ADP	IN	_	77	case	_	_
77	turns	turn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	75	obl	_	_
78	with	with	ADP	IN	_	79	case	_	_
79	fury	fury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	77	nmod	_	_
80	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	81	cc	_	_
81	terror	terror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	79	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
82	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past | Bozaldab |  |  |  |  | earnestly *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **see** | past |  | the countenance of Bozaldab's son |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer countenance=Stimulus |
| 3 | **use** | past · perfect · passive |  | Bozaldab |  |  |  | which *obl* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 4 | **behold** | to-infinitive |  | the placid simplicity and the vivid blushes of health |  |  |  |  | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer simplicity=Stimulus |
| 5 | **distort** | participle |  | health *not said here* |  |  | now | with rage | vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material |
| 6 | **fix** | participle |  |  |  | the insensibility of drunkenness | now |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 7 | **animate** | past · passive |  | countenance |  |  | again | with disdain | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with disdain=Instrument |
| 8 | **become** | past | countenance |  |  |  |  | pale *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 9 | **appear** | past | countenance *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 10 | **wither** | to-infinitive · passive | intemperance |  |  |  |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 11 | **stain** | past · passive |  | Bozaldab's hands |  |  |  | with blood | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with blood=Theme |
| 12 | **tremble** | past | Bozaldab |  |  |  |  | by turns with fury and terror | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by turn=Location |
| 13 | **blush** |  | health |  |  |  |  |  | nom blush «state intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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