--- title: We approach them with scruple and hesitation; we enter them, but ent… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: We approach them with scruple and hesitation; we enter them, but enter timorous and trembling, and always hope to pass through them without losing the road of virtue, which we, for awhile, keep in our sight, and to which we propose to return. Who acts: We, our. 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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 (We, our), 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:pg62868:21:34 # text = We approach them with scruple and hesitation; we enter them, but enter timorous and trembling, and always hope to pass through them without losing the road of virtue, which we, for awhile, keep in our sight, and to which we propose to return. 1 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 approach approach VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 scruple scruple NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 hesitation hesitation NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 9 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 enter enter VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 enter enter VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 15 timorous timorous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 xcomp _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 trembling tremble VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 21 advmod _ _ 21 hope hope VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 through through ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 26 without without SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 27 losing lose VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 virtue virtue NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 34 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 awhile awhile ADV RB _ 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 48 obl _ _ 47 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 propose propose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **approach** | present | We | eyes *= eye* | | | | with scruple and hesitation | vn confront-98 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent they=Theme with scruple=Instrument | | 2 | **enter** | present | we | eyes *= eye* | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Destination | | 3 | **enter** | present | we *not said here* | | | | | timorous *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **tremble** | gerund | we *not said here* | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **hope** | present | | | | | | always *property* | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **pass** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | through eyes *= eye* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through they=Location | | 7 | **lose** | gerund | | the road of virtue we | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Eventuality | | 8 | **keep** | infinitive | | | | our sight | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in sight=Location | | 9 | **propose** | present | we | | | | | which *obl* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to which=Recipient clause=Topic | | 10 | **return** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **sight** | | our | | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: poss=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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/21/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/21/35/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Obidah.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/21/)