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title: He repaired thither directly, and found fifty porters who kept the g… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics
description: He repaired thither directly, and found fifty porters who kept the gate of his house, having each a staff with a head of gold in their hands: the court of this palace was filled with slaves and domestics; in fine, the residence of a prince could not expose to view greater magnificence. Who acts: thi
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# Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, Ingratitude Punished., sentence 33

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He repaired thither directly, and found fifty porters who kept the gate of his house, having each a staff with a head of gold in their hands: the court of this palace was filled with slaves and domestics; in fine, the residence of a prince could not expose to view greater magnificence.

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**Who acts:** thing, fifty porters, prince · **What happens:** repair, find, keep, have, fill, not expose · **To what, where:** fifty porters, gate, hands, staff, court, residence

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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 (thing, fifty porters, prince), 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:pg62868:22:33
# text = He repaired thither directly, and found fifty porters who kept the gate of his house, having each a staff with a head of gold in their hands: the court of this palace was filled with slaves and domestics; in fine, the residence of a prince could not expose to view greater magnificence.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	repaired	repair	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	thither	thither	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	directly	directly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	porters	porter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
19	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	21	det	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	staff	staff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
22	with	with	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	_
27	in	in	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	29	nmod:poss	_	_
29	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	37	punct	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	nsubj	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	35	det	_	_
35	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nmod	_	_
36	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	37	aux:pass	_	_
37	filled	fill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
38	with	with	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
39	slaves	slave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	obl	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
41	domestics	domestic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	44	punct	_	_
43	in	in	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
44	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	residence	residence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	parataxis	_	_
48	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	53	mark	_	_
49	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	nsubj	_	_
51	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	53	aux	_	_
52	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	53	advmod	_	_
53	expose	expose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	47	acl	_	_
54	to	to	PART	TO	_	55	mark	_	_
55	view	view	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	53	xcomp	_	_
56	greater	great	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	57	amod	_	_
57	magnificence	magnificence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repair** | past | thing |  |  |  |  | directly, thither *property* | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **find** | past | thing *not said here* | fifty porters |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent porter=Topic |
| 3 | **keep** | past | fifty porters | the gate of thing's house |  | gold's hands |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent gate=Theme in hand=Location |
| 4 | **have** | gerund | fifty porters *not said here* | each staff |  |  |  | with a head of gold | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent staff=Patient |
| 5 | **fill** | past · passive |  | the court of this palace |  |  |  | with slaves and domestics | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with slave=Instrument |
| 6 | **not** **expose** | could | a prince | the residence *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **view** | to-infinitive | a prince *not said here* | greater magnificence |  |  |  |  | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer magnificence=Stimulus |

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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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