--- title: The sight of what he believed he should possess; the projects he had… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: The sight of what he believed he should possess; the projects he had formed for the employment of it; all these things had left such profound traces in the mind of Abdallah, that nothing could efface them. Who acts: sight, nothing. 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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 (sight, nothing), 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:pg62868:22:28 # text = The sight of what he believed he should possess; the projects he had formed for the employment of it; all these things had left such profound traces in the mind of Abdallah, that nothing could efface them. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 believed believe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 possess possess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 projects project NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 formed form VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 employment employment NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 22 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 24 det:predet _ _ 23 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 24 det _ _ 24 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 27 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 28 profound profound NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 traces trace NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Abdallah Abdallah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 39 nsubj _ _ 38 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 efface efface VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 40 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | past | sight | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **possess** | should | sight | | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 3 | **form** | past · perfect · passive | | the projects | | | | for the employment of employment; sight *nsubj* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Result for employment=Beneficiary | | 4 | **leave** | past · perfect · passive | | all things | | the mind of Abdallah | | such profound traces *obj* | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme trace=Attribute | | 5 | **efface** | could | nothing | traces *= trace* | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP.instrument V NP»: agent=Instrument they=Patient | | 7 | **employ** | | | employment | | | | | nom employment «state transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **mind** | | | Abdallah | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/22/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/22/29/) - ↑ back to [Ingratitude Punished.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/22/)