--- title: He did not however, forget whither he was travelling, but found a na… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: He did not however, forget whither he was travelling, but found a narrow way, bordered with flowers, which appeared to have the same direction with the main road, and was pleased that, by this happy experiment, he had found means to unite pleasure with business, and gain the rewards of diligence wit --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/21/6/) [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/) / 6 # Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Obidah., sentence 6 He did not however, forget whither he was travelling, but found a narrow way, bordered with flowers, which appeared to have the same direction with the main road, and was pleased that, by this happy experiment, he had found means to unite pleasure with business, and gain the rewards of diligence without suffering its fatigues. **Who acts:** Obidah, flowers, diligence · **What happens:** do, not forget, travel, find, border, appear · **To what, where:** narrow way, same direction, pleasure, rewards, fatigues, diligence · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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, flowers, diligence), 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:pg62868:21:6 # text = He did not however, forget whither he was travelling, but found a narrow way, bordered with flowers, which appeared to have the same direction with the main road, and was pleased that, by this happy experiment, he had found means to unite pleasure with business, and gain the rewards of diligence without suffering its fatigues. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 4 however however ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 forget forget VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 7 whither whither ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 travelling travel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 narrow narrow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 bordered border VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 23 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 direction direction NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 main main ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 ccomp _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 39 by by ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 42 det _ _ 41 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 experiment experiment NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 csubj _ _ 47 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 parataxis _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 unite unite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 xcomp _ _ 50 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 51 with with ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 business business NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 gain gain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 conj _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 rewards reward NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 obj _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 diligence diligence NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nmod _ _ 60 without without SCONJ IN _ 61 mark _ _ 61 suffering suffer VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 55 advcl _ _ 62 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 63 nmod:poss _ _ 63 fatigues fatigue NOUN NNS Number=Plur 61 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Obidah | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **forget** | infinitive | Obidah *not said here* | | | | | however *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **travel** | past · progressive | Obidah | | | | | whither *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **find** | past | Obidah *not said here* | a narrow way | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic | | 5 | **border** | participle | | a narrow way *not said here* | | | | with flowers | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **appear** | past | flowers | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 7 | **have** | to-infinitive | flowers *not said here* | the same direction | | | | with the main road | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent direction=Patient | | 8 | **is** | past | | | | | | pleased *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **find** | past · perfect | Obidah | | | | | by this happy experiment | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 11 | **unite** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | pleasure | | | | with business | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent pleasure=Patient with business=Co-Patient | | 12 | **gain** | infinitive | | the rewards of diligence | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reward=Theme | | 13 | **suffer** | gerund | | diligence's fatigues | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fatigue=Stimulus | | 14 | **reward** | | | diligence | | | | | nom reward «event transitive»: of=patient | | 15 | **fatigue** | | diligence | | | | | | nom fatigue «state 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/21/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/21/7/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Obidah.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/21/)