--- title: Not perceiving the Dervise, nor remembering any of the places throug… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: Not perceiving the Dervise, nor remembering any of the places through which he had passed, he went on as fortune had directed him, and was extremely astonished to find himself opposite to his mother’s house, which he imagined he was at a great distance from him. Who acts: Dervise, house. 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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 (Dervise, house), 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:pg62868:22:15 # text = Not perceiving the Dervise, nor remembering any of the places through which he had passed, he went on as fortune had directed him, and was extremely astonished to find himself opposite to his mother’s house, which he imagined he was at a great distance from him. 1 Not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 2 advmod _ _ 2 perceiving perceive VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Dervise Dervise PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 7 cc _ _ 7 remembering remember VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 8 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 7 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ 12 through through ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 obl _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 on on ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 as as SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 directed direct VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 conj _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 extremely extremely ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 astonished astonished ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 conj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 32 obj _ _ 34 opposite opposite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 xcomp _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ’s 's PART POS _ 37 case _ _ 39 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 imagined imagine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 45 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 46 at at ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 ccomp _ _ 50 from from ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **perceive** | gerund | Dervise *not said here* | the Dervise | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer dervise=Stimulus | | 2 | **remember** | gerund | Dervise *not said here* | any of the places | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent any=Theme | | 3 | **pass** | past · perfect | Dervise | | | the places | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through which=Location | | 4 | **go on** | past | Dervise | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **direct** | past · perfect · passive | | fortune | | | | Dervise *obj* | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | past | Dervise *not said here* | | | | | astonished, extremely *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **find** | to-infinitive | Dervise *not said here* | Dervise | | | | opposite *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Topic | | 8 | **imagine** | past | Dervise's mother's house | | | | | Dervise *nsubj* | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 9 | **is** | past | Dervise | | | | | at a great distance; from Abdallah | tree rules | 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/22/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/22/16/) - ↑ back to [Ingratitude Punished.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/22/)