--- title: Abdallah told her frankly what had happened to him, and the danger h… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: Abdallah told her frankly what had happened to him, and the danger he had run to satisfy his unreasonable desires; he afterwards shewed her the riches with which he was loaded. Who acts: Abdallah. 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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 (Abdallah), 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:pg62868:22:17 # text = Abdallah told her frankly what had happened to him, and the danger he had run to satisfy his unreasonable desires; he afterwards shewed her the riches with which he was loaded. 1 Abdallah Abdallah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 frankly frankly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 ccomp _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 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 run run VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 satisfy satisfy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 20 unreasonable unreasonable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 desires desire NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 afterwards afterwards ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 shewed shew VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 26 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 riches rich NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 obj _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 loaded load VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 34 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Abdallah | | fortune | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **happen** | past · perfect | | | Abdallah | | | what *nsubj* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **run** | past · perfect · passive | | the danger | | | | Abdallah *nsubj* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory | | 4 | **satisfy** | to-infinitive | | Abdallah's unreasonable desires | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus desire=Experiencer | | 5 | **shew** | past | Abdallah | fortune | | | | the riches *obj*; which *obj*; afterwards *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **load** | past · passive | | Abdallah | | | | | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination | | 7 | **desire** | | Abdallah | | | | | | nom desire «feeling 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/22/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/22/18/) - ↑ back to [Ingratitude Punished.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/22/)