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title: He rose with confidence and tranquillity, and pressed on with his sa… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics
description: He rose with confidence and tranquillity, and pressed on with his sabre in hand, for the beasts of the desart were in motion, and on every hand were mingled howls of rage and fear, and savage expiration; all the horrors of darkness and solitude surrounded him; the winds roared in the woods, and the 
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# Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Obidah., sentence 20

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He rose with confidence and tranquillity, and pressed on with his sabre in hand, for the beasts of the desart were in motion, and on every hand were mingled howls of rage and fear, and savage expiration; all the horrors of darkness and solitude surrounded him; the winds roared in the woods, and the torrents tumbled from the hills.

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**Who acts:** Obidah, beasts, solitude, winds, torrents, rage · **What happens:** rise, press on, be, mingle, surround, roar · **To what, where:** horrors, hand, motion, howls, Obidah, woods

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This is a sentence of «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, The Story of Obidah.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Obidah, beasts, solitude, winds), 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:pg62868:21:20
# text = He rose with confidence and tranquillity, and pressed on with his sabre in hand, for the beasts of the desart were in motion, and on every hand were mingled howls of rage and fear, and savage expiration; all the horrors of darkness and solitude surrounded him; the winds roared in the woods, and the torrents tumbled from the hills.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rose	rise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	confidence	confidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	tranquillity	tranquillity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	pressed	press	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	sabre	sabre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	beasts	beast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	nsubj	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	desart	desart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	_
23	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	cop	_	_
24	in	in	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	motion	motion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
28	on	on	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	30	det	_	_
30	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	_
31	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	aux:pass	_	_
32	mingled	mingle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
33	howls	howl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	obj	_	_
34	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	rage	rage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	nmod	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
37	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
39	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
40	savage	savage	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
41	expiration	expiration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	45	punct	_	_
43	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	45	det:predet	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	horrors	horror	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
46	of	of	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
47	darkness	darkness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	nmod	_	_
48	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
49	solitude	solitude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	conj	_	_
50	surrounded	surround	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	49	acl	_	_
51	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	55	punct	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	winds	wind	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	55	nsubj	_	_
55	roared	roar	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
56	in	in	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
58	woods	wood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	55	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	_
60	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	63	cc	_	_
61	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
62	torrents	torrent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	63	nsubj	_	_
63	tumbled	tumble	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	55	conj	_	_
64	from	from	ADP	IN	_	66	case	_	_
65	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	66	det	_	_
66	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	63	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rise** | past | Obidah | all horrors of darkness and solitude |  |  |  | with confidence and tranquillity | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **press on** | participle | Obidah *not said here* |  |  | hand |  | with Obidah's sabre | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | past | the beasts of the desart |  |  | motion |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **mingle** | past · passive | Obidah *not said here* | howls of rage and fear |  | every hand |  | savage expiration *obl* | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: howl=Patient |
| 5 | **surround** | participle | solitude *not said here* | Obidah |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Co-Theme |
| 6 | **roar** | past | the winds |  |  | the woods |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wood=Location |
| 7 | **tumble** | past | the torrents |  |  | the hills |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from hill=Initial\_Location |
| 8 | **howl** |  | rage and fear |  |  |  |  |  | nom howl «communication intransitive»: of=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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