--- title: As they travelled he kept him in affluence, gave him excellent instr… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: As they travelled he kept him in affluence, gave him excellent instructions, cured him of a dangerous disease with which he was attacked; in fine, he took the same care of him as if he had been his own son. Who acts: care, Dervise, journey. 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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 (care, Dervise, journey), 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:pg62868:22:5 # text = As they travelled he kept him in affluence, gave him excellent instructions, cured him of a dangerous disease with which he was attacked; in fine, he took the same care of him as if he had been his own son. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 travelled travel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 affluence affluence NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 iobj _ _ 12 excellent excellent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 instructions instruction NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 cured cure VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 dangerous dangerous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 disease disease NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 obl _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 attacked attack VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 parataxis _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nmod _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 38 if if SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 41 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 44 cop _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 43 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **travel** | past | care | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **keep** | past | Dervise | journey | | affluence | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme in affluence=Location | | 3 | **give** | past | care *not said here* | excellent instructions | Dervise | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient instruction=Theme | | 4 | **cure** | past | care *not said here* | Dervise | | | | of a dangerous disease | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer he=Source of disease=Theme | | 5 | **attack** | past · passive | | Dervise | | | | with a dangerous disease | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **take** | past | Dervise | the same care of journey | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Theme | | 7 | **is a** | past · perfect | Dervise | Dervise's own son | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **care** | | journey | | | | | | nom care «act 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/22/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/22/6/) - ↑ back to [Ingratitude Punished.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/22/)