--- title: Certainly, thought he, I either explained myself wrong, or those to… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: Certainly, thought he, I either explained myself wrong, or those to whom I addressed myself designed to make a jest of me, because I was a stranger: this is not the habitation of a Dervise, it is that of a king. Who acts: I, this, jest, me. 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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 (I, this, jest, me), 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:pg62868:22:35 # text = Certainly, thought he, I either explained myself wrong, or those to whom I addressed myself designed to make a jest of me, because I was a stranger: this is not the habitation of a Dervise, it is that of a king. 1 Certainly certainly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 either either ADV RB PronType=Ind 8 advmod _ _ 8 explained explain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 9 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 8 obj _ _ 10 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 or or CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 obj _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 addressed address VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 18 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 17 obj _ _ 19 designed design VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 xcomp _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 jest jest NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 because because SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 : : PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 33 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 37 nsubj _ _ 34 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 habitation habitation NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 parataxis _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 Dervise Dervise PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 43 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 44 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | | Abdallah | | | | certainly *property* | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent he=Attribute clause=Theme | | 2 | **explain** *speech: assert* | past | I | myself | | | | either, wrong *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent myself=Topic | | 3 | **address** | past | I | myself | | | | whom *obj* | tree rules | | 4 | **design** | participle | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **make** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | a jest of me | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset jest=Product | | 6 | **is a** | past | I | a stranger | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **is a** | present | this | the habitation and a king | | | | of a Dervise | tree rules | | 8 | **is** | present | jest | | | | | of a king | tree rules | | 9 | **jest** | | me | | | | | | nom jest «communication intransitive»: of=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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/22/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/22/36/) - ↑ back to [Ingratitude Punished.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/22/)