--- title: Abdallah, who was meditating all the day upon what he had seen the n… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: Abdallah, who was meditating all the day upon what he had seen the night before, was willing to know what would happen the next night, if he put a light in each of them; he did so, and twelve Dervises appeared that instant; they turned round also for an hour, and each threw an asper as they disappea --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/22/25/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Oriental tales, for the entertainment…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/) / [Ingratitude Punished.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/22/) / 25 # Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, Ingratitude Punished., sentence 25 Abdallah, who was meditating all the day upon what he had seen the night before, was willing to know what would happen the next night, if he put a light in each of them; he did so, and twelve Dervises appeared that instant; they turned round also for an hour, and each threw an asper as they disappeared. **Who acts:** Abdallah, twelve Dervises, Dervises, each · **What happens:** meditate, see, be, know, happen, put · **To what, where:** light, each, instant, asper · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (Abdallah, twelve Dervises, Dervises, each), 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:pg62868:22:25 # text = Abdallah, who was meditating all the day upon what he had seen the night before, was willing to know what would happen the next night, if he put a light in each of them; he did so, and twelve Dervises appeared that instant; they turned round also for an hour, and each threw an asper as they disappeared. 1 Abdallah Abdallah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 meditating meditate VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 acl _ _ 6 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 8 det:predet _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 9 upon upon ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 obl _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 acl:relcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl:unmarked _ _ 16 before before ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 19 willing willing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 24 nsubj _ _ 23 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 if if SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 31 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 41 so so ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 45 nummod _ _ 45 Dervises dervis NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nsubj _ _ 46 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 47 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 48 det _ _ 48 instant instant NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ; ; PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 52 round round ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 53 also also ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 54 for for ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 59 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 60 nsubj _ _ 60 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 conj _ _ 61 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 asper asper NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obj _ _ 63 as as SCONJ IN _ 65 mark _ _ 64 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 65 disappeared disappear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **meditate** | past · progressive | Abdallah | | | | day | upon Abdallah | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **see** | past · perfect | Abdallah | | | | night | before *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** | past | Abdallah | | | | | willing *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **know** | to-infinitive | Abdallah *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **happen** | would | | | | | night | what *nsubj* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **put** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Abdallah | a light | | each of desires | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent light=Theme in each=Destination | | 7 | **do** | past | Abdallah | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **appear** | past | twelve Dervises | that instant | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location instant=Theme | | 9 | **turn round** | past | Dervises *= dervis* | | | | hour | round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **throw** | past | each | a asper | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent asper=Theme | | 11 | **disappear** | past | Dervises *= dervis* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/22/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/22/26/) - ↑ back to [Ingratitude Punished.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/22/)