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title: “Happy,” said Caloc, “is he whom Providence has by the angel of deat… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics
description: “Happy,” said Caloc, “is he whom Providence has by the angel of death snatched from guilt! from whom that power is withheld, which, if he had possessed, would have accumulated upon himself yet greater misery than it could bring upon others.” Who acts: Caloc, Providence, power. A sentence of «Orienta
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# Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Bozaldab., sentence 19

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“Happy,” said Caloc, “is he whom Providence has by the angel of death snatched from guilt! from whom that power is withheld, which, if he had possessed, would have accumulated upon himself yet greater misery than it could bring upon others.”

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**Who acts:** Caloc, Providence, power · **What happens:** say, be, have, snatch, withhold, possess · **To what, where:** death, guilt, power, Providence, greater misery · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (Caloc, Providence, power), 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:pg62868:20:19
# text = “Happy,” said Caloc, “is he whom Providence has by the angel of death snatched from guilt! from whom that power is withheld, which, if he had possessed, would have accumulated upon himself yet greater misery than it could bring upon others.”
1	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
5	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	Caloc	Caloc	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	28	obl	_	_
12	Providence	Providence	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	angel	angel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
19	snatched	snatch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	acl	_	_
20	from	from	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	guilt	guilt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
23	from	from	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	28	obl	_	_
25	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	26	det	_	_
26	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nsubj:pass	_	_
27	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	28	aux:pass	_	_
28	withheld	withhold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
30	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	39	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
32	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	35	mark	_	_
33	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	nsubj:pass	_	_
34	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	35	aux	_	_
35	possessed	possess	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	39	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
37	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	39	aux	_	_
38	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	39	aux	_	_
39	accumulated	accumulate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	28	conj	_	_
40	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	39	obl	_	_
42	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	43	advmod	_	_
43	greater	great	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	44	amod	_	_
44	misery	misery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obj	_	_
45	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	48	mark	_	_
46	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	48	nsubj	_	_
47	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	48	aux	_	_
48	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	39	advcl	_	_
49	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
50	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	48	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	28	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	28	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: express* | past | Caloc |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Caloc |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **have** *in a quote* | present | Providence |  |  |  |  | by the angel of death | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **snatch** *in a quote* | participle |  | death *not said here* |  | guilt |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from guilt=Source |
| 5 | **withhold** *in a quote* | present · passive |  | that power |  |  |  | whom *obl* | tree rules |
| 6 | **possess** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past · perfect · passive |  | Providence |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 7 | **accumulate** *in a quote* | would · perfect |  | greater misery |  |  |  | upon Providence; which *obj* | tree rules |
| 8 | **bring** *in a quote* | could | power |  |  |  |  | upon others | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=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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