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title: It was then that Abdallah sincerely reproached himself for his ingra… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics
description: It was then that Abdallah sincerely reproached himself for his ingratitude and disobedience; and, perceiving that the iron candlestick had resisted the enchantment, or rather the just punishment which those deserve who do not execute what they promise, he said, prostrating himself, “What happened to
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# Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, Ingratitude Punished., sentence 20

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It was then that Abdallah sincerely reproached himself for his ingratitude and disobedience; and, perceiving that the iron candlestick had resisted the enchantment, or rather the just punishment which those deserve who do not execute what they promise, he said, prostrating himself, “What happened to me is just; I have lost what I had no design to restore, and the candlestick which I intended to deliver to the Dervise, remains with me: It is a proof that it rightly belongs to him, and that the rest was unjustly acquired.”

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**Who acts:** consequence, punishment, desires, Abdallah, candlestick · **What happens:** be, perceive, resist, deserve, not execute, promise · **To what, where:** iron candlestick, punishment, Abdallah, design, candlestick, Dervise · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (consequence, punishment, desires, Abdallah), 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:pg62868:22:20
# text = It was then that Abdallah sincerely reproached himself for his ingratitude and disobedience; and, perceiving that the iron candlestick had resisted the enchantment, or rather the just punishment which those deserve who do not execute what they promise, he said, prostrating himself, “What happened to me is just; I have lost what I had no design to restore, and the candlestick which I intended to deliver to the Dervise, remains with me: It is a proof that it rightly belongs to him, and that the rest was unjustly acquired.”
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj:outer	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	Abdallah	Abdallah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	sincerely	sincerely	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	reproached	reproach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	7	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	ingratitude	ingratitude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	disobedience	disobedience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	perceiving	perceive	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	conj	_	_
18	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	_
21	candlestick	candlestick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj:pass	_	_
22	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
23	resisted	resist	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	advcl	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	enchantment	enchantment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
27	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
28	rather	rather	ADV	RB	_	31	advmod	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
30	just	just	ADV	RB	_	31	advmod	_	_
31	punishment	punishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	parataxis	_	_
32	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	34	obj	_	_
33	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	34	nsubj	_	_
34	deserve	deserve	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	31	acl:relcl	_	_
35	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	38	nsubj	_	_
36	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	38	aux	_	_
37	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	38	advmod	_	_
38	execute	execute	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	31	parataxis	_	_
39	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	41	obj	_	_
40	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	41	nsubj	_	_
41	promise	promise	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	38	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
43	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	44	nsubj	_	_
44	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	38	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
46	prostrating	prostrate	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	59	mark	_	_
47	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	46	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
49	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	51	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	51	nsubj	_	_
51	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	46	conj	_	_
52	to	to	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
53	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	51	obl	_	_
54	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	59	cop	_	_
55	just	just	ADV	RB	_	59	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	59	punct	_	_
57	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	59	nsubj	_	_
58	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	59	aux	_	_
59	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	44	ccomp	_	_
60	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	62	obj	_	_
61	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	62	nsubj	_	_
62	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	59	conj	_	_
63	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	64	det	_	_
64	design	design	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	obj	_	_
65	to	to	PART	TO	_	66	mark	_	_
66	restore	restore	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	64	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	80	punct	_	_
68	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	80	cc	_	_
69	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	70	det	_	_
70	candlestick	candlestick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	80	nsubj	_	_
71	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	73	obj	_	_
72	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	73	nsubj	_	_
73	intended	intend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	70	acl:relcl	_	_
74	to	to	PART	TO	_	75	mark	_	_
75	deliver	deliver	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	73	xcomp	_	_
76	to	to	ADP	IN	_	78	case	_	_
77	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	78	det	_	_
78	Dervise	Dervise	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	75	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
79	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	70	punct	_	_
80	remains	remain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	38	parataxis	_	_
81	with	with	ADP	IN	_	82	case	_	_
82	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	80	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
83	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	87	punct	_	_
84	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	87	nsubj	_	_
85	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	87	cop	_	_
86	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	87	det	_	_
87	proof	proof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	80	parataxis	_	_
88	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	91	mark	_	_
89	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	91	nsubj	_	_
90	rightly	rightly	ADV	RB	_	91	advmod	_	_
91	belongs	belong	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	87	advcl	_	_
92	to	to	ADP	IN	_	93	case	_	_
93	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	91	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
94	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	101	punct	_	_
95	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	101	cc	_	_
96	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	101	mark	_	_
97	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	98	det	_	_
98	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	101	nsubj:pass	_	_
99	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	101	aux:pass	_	_
100	unjustly	unjustly	ADV	RB	_	101	advmod	_	_
101	acquired	acquire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	87	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
102	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
103	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | consequence |  |  |  | then | for Abdallah's ingratitude and disobedience; Abdallah *nsubj*; reproach, sincerely *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **perceive** | gerund | consequence *not said here* |  |  |  |  | the punishment *parataxis* | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **resist** | past · perfect · passive |  | the iron candlestick |  |  |  | the enchantment *obj* | tree rules |
| 4 | **deserve** | present | the punishment | the punishment |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **not** **execute** | present · do-support | the punishment |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **promise** *speech: promise* | present | desires *= desire* |  |  |  |  | what *obj* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
| 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Abdallah |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 8 | **prostrate** | gerund |  | Abdallah |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 9 | **happen** *in a quote* | past |  |  | Abdallah |  |  | What *nsubj* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 10 | **is** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Abdallah |  |  |  |  | lose *property* | tree rules |
| 11 | **have** *in a quote* | past | Abdallah | no design |  |  |  | what *obj* | tree rules |
| 12 | **restore** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Abdallah *not said here* | no design *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 13 | **intend** *in a quote* | past | Abdallah | the candlestick |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 14 | **deliver** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | Abdallah *not said here* |  | the Dervise |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to dervise=Destination |
| 15 | **remain** *in a quote* | present | the candlestick |  |  |  |  | with Abdallah | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 16 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | consequence | a proof |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 17 | **belong** *in a quote* | present | consequence |  | Abdallah |  |  | rightly *property* | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |
| 18 | **acquire** *in a quote* | past · passive |  | the rest |  |  |  | unjustly *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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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