--- title: Remember, my son, that human life is the journey of a day: we rise i… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: Remember, my son, that human life is the journey of a day: we rise in the morning of youth, full of vigour, and full of expectation; we set forward with spirit and hope, with gaiety and with diligence, and travel on awhile in the strait road of piety towards the mansions of rest. 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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 (you, that, human life, we), 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:pg62868:21:29 # text = Remember, my son, that human life is the journey of a day: we rise in the morning of youth, full of vigour, and full of expectation; we set forward with spirit and hope, with gaiety and with diligence, and travel on awhile in the strait road of piety towards the mansions of rest. 1 Remember remember VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 6 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 nsubj _ _ 7 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 16 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 rise rise VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 vigour vigour NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 advcl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 expectation expectation NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 33 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 set set VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 35 forward forward ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 hope hope NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 gaiety gaiety NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 parataxis _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 diligence diligence NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 travel travel NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ _ 49 on on ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 50 awhile awhile ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 51 in in ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 strait strait NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 compound _ _ 54 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 piety piety NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ _ 57 towards towards ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 mansions mansion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nmod _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remember** | imperative | you *not said here* | my son | | | | gaiety and diligence and travel on the strait road of piety towards the mansions of rest *parataxis* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent son=Theme | | 2 | **life** | | that | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | present | human life | the journey | | | day | | tree rules | | 4 | **rise** | present | we | | | | morning | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **set forward** | present | we | | | | | with spirit and hope; forward *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with spirit=Instrument | 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/21/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/21/30/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Obidah.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/21/)