--- title: He therefore still continued to walk for a time, without the least r… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: He therefore still continued to walk for a time, without the least remission of his ardour, except that he was sometimes tempted to stop by the music of the birds, whom the heat had assembled in the shade, and sometimes amused himself with plucking the flowers that covered the banks on either side, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/21/7/) [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/) / 7 # Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Obidah., sentence 7 He therefore still continued to walk for a time, without the least remission of his ardour, except that he was sometimes tempted to stop by the music of the birds, whom the heat had assembled in the shade, and sometimes amused himself with plucking the flowers that covered the banks on either side, or the fruits that hung upon the branches. **Who acts:** flowers, fruits, ardour · **What happens:** continue, walk, tempt, stop, assemble, amuse · **To what, where:** Obidah, heat, shade, flowers, banks, side 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 (flowers, fruits, ardour), 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:pg62868:21:7 # text = He therefore still continued to walk for a time, without the least remission of his ardour, except that he was sometimes tempted to stop by the music of the birds, whom the heat had assembled in the shade, and sometimes amused himself with plucking the flowers that covered the banks on either side, or the fruits that hung upon the branches. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 still still ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 continued continue VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 without without ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 14 amod _ _ 14 remission remission NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 ardour ardour NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 19 except except ADP IN _ 24 mark _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 23 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 24 advmod _ _ 24 tempted tempt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 by by ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 obl _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 assembled assemble VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 acl:relcl _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 shade shade NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 45 advmod _ _ 45 amused amuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 46 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 45 obj _ _ 47 with with SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 48 plucking pluck VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 45 advcl _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obj _ _ 51 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 52 nsubj _ _ 52 covered cover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 acl:relcl _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 banks bank NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 obj _ _ 55 on on ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 either either DET DT PronType=Ind 57 det _ _ 57 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 59 or or CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 fruits fruit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obl _ _ 62 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 63 nsubj _ _ 63 hung hang VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 acl:relcl _ _ 64 upon upon ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 63 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **continue** | participle · passive | | Obidah | | | still | therefore *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **walk** | to-infinitive | | | | | time | without the least remission of Obidah's ardour | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **tempt** | past · passive | | Obidah | | | | sometimes *property* | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **stop** | to-infinitive | | | | | | by the music of the birds | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 5 | **assemble** | past · perfect · passive | | the heat | | the shade | | the birds *obl* | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **amuse** | past | | Obidah | | | | sometimes *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus himself=Experiencer | | 7 | **pluck** | gerund | | the flowers | | | | the fruits *obl* | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Patient | | 8 | **cover** | past | the flowers | the banks | | either side | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bank=Destination | | 9 | **hang** | past | the fruits | | | the branches | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon branch=Location | | 10 | **remit** | | Obidah's ardour | | | | | | nom remission «event 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/21/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/21/8/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Obidah.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/21/)