--- title: Abdallah, struck with the riches which he beheld on all sides, would… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: Abdallah, struck with the riches which he beheld on all sides, would have prostrated himself at his feet, but Abounadar prevented him, and interrupted him when he would have made a merit of the candlestick, which he presented to him. Who acts: riches, Abounadar, Abdallah, candlestick. 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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 (riches, Abounadar, Abdallah, candlestick), 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:pg62868:22:38 # text = Abdallah, struck with the riches which he beheld on all sides, would have prostrated himself at his feet, but Abounadar prevented him, and interrupted him when he would have made a merit of the candlestick, which he presented to him. 1 Abdallah Abdallah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 struck strike VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 riches rich NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 beheld behold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 12 det _ _ 12 sides side NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 14 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 aux _ _ 16 prostrated prostrate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 17 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 16 obj _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 Abounadar Abounadar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 prevented prevent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 interrupted interrupt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 when when SCONJ WRB _ 34 mark _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 aux _ _ 34 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 merit merit NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 candlestick candlestick NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 presented present VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **strike** | participle | | Abdallah *not said here* | | | | with the riches | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with rich=Theme | | 2 | **behold** | past | the riches | | | all sides | | Abdallah *nsubj* | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **prostrate** | would · perfect · passive | | Abdallah | | Abdallah's feet | | | tree rules | | 4 | **prevent** | past | Abounadar | Abdallah | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer he=Theme | | 5 | **interrupt** | past | Abounadar *not said here* | Abdallah | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **make** | would · perfect | Abdallah | a merit of the candlestick | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent merit=Product | | 7 | **present** | past | the candlestick | | Abdallah | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/22/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/22/39/) - ↑ back to [Ingratitude Punished.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/22/)