--- title: “Look again,” said the angel, “and behold the very ship in which, sh… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: “Look again,” said the angel, “and behold the very ship in which, short-sighted as thou art, thou wishedst the merchant might embark, dashed in pieces on a rock: dost thou not hear the cries of the sinking sailors? Who acts: angel, thou, merchant, sinking sailors. 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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 (angel, thou, merchant, sinking sailors), 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:pg62868:20:3 # text = “Look again,” said the angel, “and behold the very ship in which, short-sighted as thou art, thou wishedst the merchant might embark, dashed in pieces on a rock: dost thou not hear the cries of the sinking sailors? 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 3 again again ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 angel angel NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 behold behold INTJ UH _ 15 discourse _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 very very ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 appos _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 sighted sight VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl:relcl _ _ 22 as as SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 nsubj _ _ 24 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 26 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 27 nsubj _ _ 27 wishedst wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 merchant merchant NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 30 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 embark embark VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 dashed dash VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 advcl _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 36 on on ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 : : PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 40 dost do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 41 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 43 nsubj _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 43 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 ccomp _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 cries cry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 sinking sinking NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 compound _ _ 49 sailors sailor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | again | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | the angel | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **sight** *in a quote* | participle | | | | the ship | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **wish** *in a quote* | past | thou | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **embark** *in a quote* | might | the merchant | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **dash** *in a quote* | participle | the merchant *not said here* | | | pieces on a rock | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in piece=Trajectory | | 7 | **do** *in a quote* | present | the angel *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **hear** *in a quote* | infinitive | thou | the cries of the sinking sailors | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer cry=Stimulus | | 9 | **cry** *in a quote* | | the sinking sailors | | | | | | nom cry «communication 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/20/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/20/4/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Bozaldab.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/20/)