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title: His vice was avarice, by which he became not only abominable, but wr… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics
description: His vice was avarice, by which he became not only abominable, but wretched; he fancied some mighty charm in wealth, which, like the wand of Abdiel, would gratify every wish and obviate every fear. Who acts: vice, man, mighty charm. A sentence of «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by An
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# Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Bozaldab., sentence 6

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His vice was avarice, by which he became not only abominable, but wretched; he fancied some mighty charm in wealth, which, like the wand of Abdiel, would gratify every wish and obviate every fear.

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**Who acts:** vice, man, mighty charm · **What happens:** be, become, fancy, gratify, obviate · **To what, where:** avarice, wish, fear

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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 (vice, man, mighty charm), 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:pg62868:20:6
# text = His vice was avarice, by which he became not only abominable, but wretched; he fancied some mighty charm in wealth, which, like the wand of Abdiel, would gratify every wish and obviate every fear.
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	vice	vice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	avarice	avarice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
11	only	only	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	abominable	abominable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	wretched	wretched	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	fancied	fancy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
19	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	21	det	_	_
20	mighty	mighty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	charm	charm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nsubj	_	_
22	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	wealth	wealth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
25	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	34	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
27	like	like	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	wand	wand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	Abdiel	Abdiel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
33	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	34	aux	_	_
34	gratify	gratify	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	ccomp	_	_
35	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	36	det	_	_
36	wish	wish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obj	_	_
37	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
38	obviate	obviate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	conj	_	_
39	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	40	det	_	_
40	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | man's vice | avarice |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **become** | past | man |  |  |  |  | by avarice; abominable *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **fancy** | past | man |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 4 | **gratify** | would | some mighty charm in wealth | every wish |  |  |  | like the wand of Abdiel; which *nsubj* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus wish=Experiencer |
| 5 | **obviate** | infinitive | some mighty charm in wealth *not said here* | every fear |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent fear=Patient |

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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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