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title: Here Obidah paused for a time, and began to consider whether it were… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics
description: Here Obidah paused for a time, and began to consider whether it were longer safe to forsake the known and common track; but remembering that the heat was now in its greatest violence, and that the plain was dusty and uneven, he resolved to pursue the new path, which he supposed only to make a few me
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# Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Obidah., sentence 9

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Here Obidah paused for a time, and began to consider whether it were longer safe to forsake the known and common track; but remembering that the heat was now in its greatest violence, and that the plain was dusty and uneven, he resolved to pursue the new path, which he supposed only to make a few meanders, in compliance with the varieties of the ground, and to end at last in the common road.

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**Who acts:** Obidah, it, heat, plain · **What happens:** pause, begin, consider, be, forsake, know · **To what, where:** known track, greatest violence, new path, few meanders, last · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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, it, heat, plain), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg62868:21:9
# text = Here Obidah paused for a time, and began to consider whether it were longer safe to forsake the known and common track; but remembering that the heat was now in its greatest violence, and that the plain was dusty and uneven, he resolved to pursue the new path, which he supposed only to make a few meanders, in compliance with the varieties of the ground, and to end at last in the common road.
1	Here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
2	Obidah	Obidah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	paused	pause	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	consider	consider	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
14	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	16	advmod	_	_
16	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	ccomp	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	forsake	forsake	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	csubj	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
20	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	23	amod	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	conj	_	_
23	track	track	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	26	punct	_	_
25	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
26	remembering	remember	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
27	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	35	mark	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nsubj	_	_
30	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	35	cop	_	_
31	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	35	advmod	_	_
32	in	in	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
33	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	35	nmod:poss	_	_
34	greatest	great	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	35	amod	_	_
35	violence	violence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
37	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
38	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	42	mark	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	plain	plain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	nsubj	_	_
41	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	42	cop	_	_
42	dusty	dusty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
44	uneven	uneven	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
46	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	47	nsubj	_	_
47	resolved	resolve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
48	to	to	PART	TO	_	49	mark	_	_
49	pursue	pursue	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	47	xcomp	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
51	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	amod	_	_
52	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
54	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	56	obj	_	_
55	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	56	nsubj	_	_
56	supposed	suppose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	52	acl:relcl	_	_
57	only	only	ADV	RB	_	59	advmod	_	_
58	to	to	PART	TO	_	59	mark	_	_
59	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	56	xcomp	_	_
60	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
61	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	62	amod	_	_
62	meanders	meander	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	59	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	65	punct	_	_
64	in	in	ADP	IN	_	65	case	_	_
65	compliance	compliance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	conj	_	_
66	with	with	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
67	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	68	det	_	_
68	varieties	variety	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	65	nmod	_	_
69	of	of	ADP	IN	_	71	case	_	_
70	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	71	det	_	_
71	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	68	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	75	punct	_	_
73	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	75	cc	_	_
74	to	to	PART	TO	_	75	mark	_	_
75	end	end	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	59	parataxis	_	_
76	at	at	ADP	IN	_	77	case	_	_
77	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	75	obl	_	_
78	in	in	ADP	IN	_	81	case	_	_
79	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	81	det	_	_
80	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	81	amod	_	_
81	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	75	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
82	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pause** | past | Obidah |  |  | here | time |  | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **begin** | past | Obidah *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **consider** | to-infinitive | Obidah *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | long, safe *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **forsake** | to-infinitive |  | the known track |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **know** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 7 | **remember** | gerund | Obidah *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **is** | past | the heat |  |  | path's greatest violence | now | path *nmod:poss* | tree rules |
| 9 | **is** | past | the plain |  |  |  |  | dusty *property* | tree rules |
| 10 | **be** |  | the plain *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 11 | **resolve** | past | Obidah |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 12 | **pursue** | to-infinitive | Obidah *not said here* | the new path |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent path=Theme |
| 13 | **suppose** | past | Obidah | the new path |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent which=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 14 | **make** | to-infinitive | Obidah *not said here* | a few meanders |  |  |  | compliance with the varieties of the ground *conj* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset meander=Product |
| 15 | **end** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | last |  | in the common road | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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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.

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**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.

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