--- title: Therefore, seeing the small advantage he drew from the candlestick,… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: Therefore, seeing the small advantage he drew from the candlestick, he resolved to carry it back to the Dervise, in hopes that he might obtain of him the treasure he had seen, or at least find again the riches which had vanished from their sight, by restoring to him a thing for which he testified so --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/22/29/) [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/) / 29 # Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, Ingratitude Punished., sentence 29 Therefore, seeing the small advantage he drew from the candlestick, he resolved to carry it back to the Dervise, in hopes that he might obtain of him the treasure he had seen, or at least find again the riches which had vanished from their sight, by restoring to him a thing for which he testified so earnest a desire. **Who acts:** thing, riches, treasures · **What happens:** see, draw, resolve, carry, obtain, find · **To what, where:** small advantage, candlestick, advantage, hopes, treasure, riches 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 (thing, riches, treasures), 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:pg62868:22:29 # text = Therefore, seeing the small advantage he drew from the candlestick, he resolved to carry it back to the Dervise, in hopes that he might obtain of him the treasure he had seen, or at least find again the riches which had vanished from their sight, by restoring to him a thing for which he testified so earnest a desire. 1 Therefore therefore ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 advantage advantage NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 candlestick candlestick NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 resolved resolve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 back back ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Dervise Dervise PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 hopes hope NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 parataxis _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 obtain obtain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 acl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 or or CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 at at ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 40 obl _ _ 40 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 parataxis _ _ 41 again again ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 riches rich NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ _ 44 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 nsubj _ _ 45 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 vanished vanish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 43 acl:relcl _ _ 47 from from ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 by by SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 52 restoring restore VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 advcl _ _ 53 to to ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obl _ _ 55 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ _ 57 for for ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 60 obl _ _ 59 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 60 testified testify VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 acl:relcl _ _ 61 so so ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 62 earnest earn ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 60 obl _ _ 63 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 desire desire NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | gerund | thing *not said here* | the small advantage | | | | therefore *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer advantage=Stimulus | | 2 | **draw** | past | thing | the small advantage *not said here* | | the candlestick | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent advantage=Theme from candlestick=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **resolve** | past | thing | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **carry** | to-infinitive | thing *not said here* | advantage | | | | hopes *parataxis* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 5 | **obtain** | might | thing | hopes *not said here* | | | | of Abdallah | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hope=Theme | | 6 | **see** | past · perfect · passive | | the treasure | | | | thing *nsubj* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 7 | **find** | infinitive | | the riches | | least | again | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent rich=Theme at least=Asset | | 8 | **vanish** | past · perfect | the riches | | | treasures's sight | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from sight=Initial\_Location | | 9 | **restore** | gerund | | a thing | thing | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent thing=Theme to he=Recipient | | 10 | **testify** *speech: other* | past | thing | earnest a desire | | | | for a thing | vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **sight** | | treasures *= treasure* | | | | | | nom sight «cognition 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/22/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/22/30/) - ↑ back to [Ingratitude Punished.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/22/)