--- title: As he passed along, his ears were delighted with the morning song of… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: As he passed along, his ears were delighted with the morning song of the bird of Paradise; he was fanned by the last flutters of the sinking breeze, and sprinkled with dew by groves of spices: he sometimes contemplated the towering height of the oak, monarch of the hills; and sometimes caught the ge --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/21/3/) [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 Obidah.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/21/) / 3 # Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Obidah., sentence 3 As he passed along, his ears were delighted with the morning song of the bird of Paradise; he was fanned by the last flutters of the sinking breeze, and sprinkled with dew by groves of spices: he sometimes contemplated the towering height of the oak, monarch of the hills; and sometimes caught the gentle fragrance of the primrose, eldest daughter of the spring: all his senses were gratified, and all care was banished from his heart. **Who acts:** Obidah, ears, last flutters, bird, sinking breeze · **What happens:** pass along, be, fan, sprinkle, contemplate, tower · **To what, where:** Obidah, towering height, gentle fragrance, senses, care, heart 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, ears, last flutters, bird), 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:pg62868:21:3 # text = As he passed along, his ears were delighted with the morning song of the bird of Paradise; he was fanned by the last flutters of the sinking breeze, and sprinkled with dew by groves of spices: he sometimes contemplated the towering height of the oak, monarch of the hills; and sometimes caught the gentle fragrance of the primrose, eldest daughter of the spring: all his senses were gratified, and all care was banished from his heart. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 4 along along ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 Paradise paradise NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 fanned fan VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 23 by by ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 flutters flutter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 sinking sinking NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 breeze breeze NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 sprinkled sprinkle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 dew dew NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 36 by by ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 groves grove NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 spices spice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 : : PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 43 advmod _ _ 43 contemplated contemplate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 parataxis _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 towering tower VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 46 amod _ _ 46 height height NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 oak oak NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 51 monarch monarch NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 appos _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ; ; PUNCT : _ 58 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 57 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 58 advmod _ _ 58 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 60 gentle gentle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 fragrance fragrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obj _ _ 62 of of ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 primrose primrose NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 66 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 67 amod _ _ 67 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ _ 68 of of ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 71 : : PUNCT : _ 76 punct _ _ 72 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 74 det:predet _ _ 73 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 74 nmod:poss _ _ 74 senses sens NOUN NNS Number=Plur 76 nsubj _ _ 75 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 76 aux:pass _ _ 76 gratified gratify VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 58 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 77 , , PUNCT , _ 82 punct _ _ 78 and and CCONJ CC _ 82 cc _ _ 79 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 80 det _ _ 80 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 82 nsubj:pass _ _ 81 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 82 aux:pass _ _ 82 banished banish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 76 conj _ _ 83 from from ADP IN _ 85 case _ _ 84 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 85 nmod:poss _ _ 85 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 82 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 86 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass along** | past | Obidah | | | | | along *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | Obidah's ears | | | | | with the morning song of the bird of Paradise; delighted *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **fan** | past · passive | the last flutters of the sinking breeze | Obidah | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **sprinkle** | participle | the last flutters of the sinking breeze *not said here* | | | | | with dew; by groves of spices | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme by grove=Destination | | 5 | **contemplate** | past | Obidah | the towering height of the oak | | | | sometimes *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **tower** | gerund | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **catch** | past | Obidah *not said here* | the gentle fragrance of the primrose | | | | eldest daughter of the spring *obl*; sometimes *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fragrance=Theme | | 8 | **gratify** | past · passive | | Obidah's senses | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 9 | **banish** | past · passive | | all care | | Obidah's heart | | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from heart=Source | | 10 | **sing** | | the bird of Paradise | | | | | | nom song «communication intransitive»: of=agent | | 11 | **flutter** | | the sinking breeze | | | | | | nom flutter «act intransitive»: of=agent | 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/21/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/21/4/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Obidah.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/21/)