--- title: The palace so lately shining with oriental pomp, changed suddenly in… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: The palace so lately shining with oriental pomp, changed suddenly into the cell of a dungeon, where his son lay stretched out on the cold pavement, gagged and bound, with his eyes put out. Who acts: palace, eyes. 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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 (palace, eyes), 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:pg62868:20:17 # text = The palace so lately shining with oriental pomp, changed suddenly into the cell of a dungeon, where his son lay stretched out on the cold pavement, gagged and bound, with his eyes put out. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 lately lately ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 shining shine VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 oriental oriental ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 pomp pomp NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 10 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 into into ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 cell cell NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 dungeon dungeon NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 22 advmod _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 stretched stretch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 parataxis _ _ 24 out out ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 pavement pavement NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 gagged gag VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 conj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 bound bind VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 with with SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj _ _ 37 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 38 out out ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shine** | gerund | the palace *not said here* | | | | | with oriental pomp; lately *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with pomp=Theme | | 2 | **change** | past | the palace | | | | | suddenly *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **stretch out** | past · passive | | | | the cell of a dungeon | | on the cold pavement | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: into cell=Location | | 4 | **gag** | participle | | | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **bind** | participle | | | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **put out** | past | Bozaldab's eyes | | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/20/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/20/18/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Bozaldab.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/20/)