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title: Immediately he placed a light in each of its branches; and when the… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics
description: Immediately he placed a light in each of its branches; and when the twelve Dervises had turned round for some time, Abounadar gave each of them a blow with a cane, and in a moment they were converted into twelve sequins, diamonds, and other precious stones. Who acts: wretch, twelve Dervises, Abounad
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# Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, Ingratitude Punished., sentence 41

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Immediately he placed a light in each of its branches; and when the twelve Dervises had turned round for some time, Abounadar gave each of them a blow with a cane, and in a moment they were converted into twelve sequins, diamonds, and other precious stones.

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**Who acts:** wretch, twelve Dervises, Abounadar · **What happens:** place, turn round, give, convert · **To what, where:** light, each, Dervises, twelve sequins

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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 (wretch, twelve Dervises, Abounadar), 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:pg62868:22:41
# text = Immediately he placed a light in each of its branches; and when the twelve Dervises had turned round for some time, Abounadar gave each of them a blow with a cane, and in a moment they were converted into twelve sequins, diamonds, and other precious stones.
1	Immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	placed	place	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	branches	branch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
13	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	18	mark	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
16	Dervises	dervis	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nsubj	_	_
17	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	25	advcl	_	_
19	round	round	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
20	for	for	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	22	det	_	_
22	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
24	Abounadar	Abounadar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	nsubj	_	_
25	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
26	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	25	obj	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nmod	_	_
29	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	blow	blow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obj	_	_
31	with	with	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	cane	cane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
36	in	in	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
39	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	41	nsubj	_	_
40	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	41	aux:pass	_	_
41	converted	convert	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	38	acl:relcl	_	_
42	into	into	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
43	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	44	nummod	_	_
44	sequins	sequin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	41	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
46	diamonds	diamond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
48	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	51	cc	_	_
49	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	amod	_	_
50	precious	precious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	amod	_	_
51	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **place** | past | wretch | a light |  | each of light's branches | moment | immediately *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent light=Theme in each=Destination |
| 2 | **turn round** | past · perfect | the twelve Dervises |  |  |  | time | round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **give** | past | Abounadar | each of Dervises |  |  |  | a blow *obj* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent each=Recipient blow=Theme |
| 4 | **convert** | past · passive |  | Dervises *= dervis* |  |  |  | into twelve sequins and diamonds *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: subject=Patient into sequin=Result |

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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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