--- title: This wealth he has now been taught not only to despise but abhor: he… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: This wealth he has now been taught not only to despise but abhor: he cast his jewels upon the sand, and confessed them to be useless; he offered part of them to the mariners, and perceived them to be pernicious: he has now learnt, that they are useful or vain, good or evil, only by the situation and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/20/7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Oriental tales, for the entertainment…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/) / [The Story of Bozaldab.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/20/) / 7 # Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Bozaldab., sentence 7 This wealth he has now been taught not only to despise but abhor: he cast his jewels upon the sand, and confessed them to be useless; he offered part of them to the mariners, and perceived them to be pernicious: he has now learnt, that they are useful or vain, good or evil, only by the situation and temper of the possessor. **Who acts:** wealth, charm, jewels · **What happens:** teach, not despise, abhor, cast, confess, be · **To what, where:** wealth, jewels, sand, part, mariners 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 (wealth, charm, jewels), 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:pg62868:20:7 # text = This wealth he has now been taught not only to despise but abhor: he cast his jewels upon the sand, and confessed them to be useless; he offered part of them to the mariners, and perceived them to be pernicious: he has now learnt, that they are useful or vain, good or evil, only by the situation and temper of the possessor. 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 wealth wealth NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 6 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 taught teach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 9 only only ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 despise despise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 abhor abhor VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 cast cast VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 jewels jewel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 19 upon upon ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 confessed confess VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 cop _ _ 28 useless useless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 offered offer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 32 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nmod _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 mariners mariner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 perceived perceive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 cop _ _ 44 pernicious pernicious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 : : PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 47 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 48 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 49 advmod _ _ 49 learnt learn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 51 that that SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 52 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 53 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 cop _ _ 54 useful useful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 parataxis _ _ 55 or or CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 58 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 conj _ _ 59 or or CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 60 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 62 only only ADV RB _ 65 advmod _ _ 63 by by ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 situation situation NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 66 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 67 temper temper NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 conj _ _ 68 of of ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 possessor possessor NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | present · perfect · passive | | this wealth | | | now | charm *nsubj:pass* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **despise** | to-infinitive | this wealth *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **abhor** | present | this wealth *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **cast** | past | charm | charm's jewels | | the sand | | | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent jewel=Theme upon sand=Destination | | 5 | **confess** | past | charm *not said here* | jewels *= jewel* | | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic | | 6 | **is** | to-infinitive | charm *not said here* | | | | | useless *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **offer** | past | charm | part of jewels | | | | to the mariners *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent part=Theme to mariner=Goal | | 8 | **perceive** | past | charm *not said here* | jewels *= jewel* | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 9 | **is** | to-infinitive | charm *not said here* | | | | | pernicious *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **learn** | present · perfect | charm | | | | now | by the situation of the possessor and temper | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **is** | present | jewels *= jewel* | | | | | useful *property* | tree rules | | 12 | **be** | | jewels *= jewel* *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 13 | **be** | | jewels *= jewel* *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/20/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/20/8/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Bozaldab.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/20/)