--- title: He was now roused by his danger to a quick and painful remembrance o… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: He was now roused by his danger to a quick and painful remembrance of his folly; he now saw how happiness is lost when ease is consulted; he lamented the unmanly impatience that prompted him to seek shelter in the grove, and despised the petty curiosity that led him on from trifle to trifle. 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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 (danger, Obidah, unmanly impatience, petty curiosity), 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:pg62868:21:16 # text = He was now roused by his danger to a quick and painful remembrance of his folly; he now saw how happiness is lost when ease is consulted; he lamented the unmanly impatience that prompted him to seek shelter in the grove, and despised the petty curiosity that led him on from trifle to trifle. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 4 roused rouse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 10 quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 painful painful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ _ 13 remembrance remembrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 folly folly NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 20 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 21 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 22 happiness happiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 ccomp _ _ 25 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ _ 26 ease ease 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 consulted consult VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 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 lamented lament VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 unmanly unmanly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 impatience impatience NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 35 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 prompted prompt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 40 shelter shelter NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 grove grove NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 despised despise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 petty petty NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 compound _ _ 49 curiosity curiosity NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 50 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 51 nsubj _ _ 51 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 acl:relcl _ _ 52 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ _ 53 on on ADP RP _ 51 compound:prt _ _ 54 from from ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 trifle trifle NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 56 to to PART TO _ 57 mark _ _ 57 trifle trifle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rouse** | past · passive | Obidah's danger to a quick remembrance of Obidah's folly | Obidah | | | now | | vn stimulate-59.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | | 2 | **see** | past | Obidah | | | | now | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **lose** | present · passive | | happiness | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 4 | **consult** | present · passive | | ease | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **lament** | past | Obidah | the unmanly impatience | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer impatience=Stimulus | | 6 | **prompt** | past | the unmanly impatience | Obidah | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **seek** | to-infinitive | the unmanly impatience *not said here* | shelter | | the grove | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent shelter=Theme in grove=Location | | 8 | **despise** | past | Obidah *not said here* | the petty curiosity | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer curiosity=Stimulus | | 9 | **lead on** | past | the petty curiosity | Obidah | | trifle | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme from trifle=Destination | | 10 | **trifle** | to-infinitive | the petty curiosity *not said here* | | | | | | vn trifle-105.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **remember** | | | Obidah's folly | | | | | nom remembrance «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/21/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/21/17/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Obidah.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/21/)