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title: His mother concluded, upon the sight of them, that the Dervise only… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics
description: His mother concluded, upon the sight of them, that the Dervise only designed to make trial of his courage and obedience, and that they ought to make use of the happiness which fortune had presented to them; adding, that doubtless such was the intention of the holy Dervise. Who acts: mother, desires.
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# Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, Ingratitude Punished., sentence 18

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His mother concluded, upon the sight of them, that the Dervise only designed to make trial of his courage and obedience, and that they ought to make use of the happiness which fortune had presented to them; adding, that doubtless such was the intention of the holy Dervise.

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**Who acts:** mother, desires · **What happens:** conclude, design, make, present, add, be · **To what, where:** Dervise, trial, use, fortune, desires, doubtless such intention

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This is a sentence of «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, Ingratitude Punished.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (mother, desires), 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:pg62868:22:18
# text = His mother concluded, upon the sight of them, that the Dervise only designed to make trial of his courage and obedience, and that they ought to make use of the happiness which fortune had presented to them; adding, that doubtless such was the intention of the holy Dervise.
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	concluded	conclude	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Dervise	Dervise	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	only	only	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	designed	design	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	advcl	_	_
18	trial	trial	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	courage	courage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
23	obedience	obedience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
26	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	30	mark	_	_
27	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
28	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	30	aux	_	_
29	to	to	PART	TO	_	30	mark	_	_
30	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
31	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obj	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	happiness	happiness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	_
35	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	36	det	_	_
36	fortune	fortune	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	presented	present	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	34	acl:relcl	_	_
39	to	to	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
40	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	38	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	42	punct	_	_
42	adding	add	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
44	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	49	mark	_	_
45	doubtless	doubtless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	49	amod	_	_
46	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	49	amod	_	_
47	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	49	cop	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	intention	intention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obl	_	_
50	of	of	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
52	holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	53	amod	_	_
53	Dervise	Dervise	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	49	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conclude** | past | Abdallah's mother |  |  |  |  | upon the sight of desires | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **design** | participle · passive |  | the Dervise |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |
| 3 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | trial of Abdallah's courage and obedience |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset trial=Product |
| 4 | **make** | ought | desires *= desire* | use of the happiness |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset use=Product |
| 5 | **present** | past · perfect · passive |  | which fortune | desires *= desire* |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to they=Recipient |
| 6 | **add** *speech: assert* | gerund | Abdallah's mother *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 7 | **is a** | past |  | the doubtless such intention |  |  |  | of the holy Dervise | tree rules |
| 8 | **sight** |  |  | desires *= desire* |  |  |  |  | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
| 9 | **try** |  |  | Abdallah's courage and obedience |  |  |  |  | nom trial «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 10 | **use** |  |  | the happiness |  |  |  |  | nom use «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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