--- title: “I had it,” said he, “so long in my power; Abounadar, without me, ha… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: “I had it,” said he, “so long in my power; Abounadar, without me, had never been the possessor of it: what risks did I not run in the subterraneous vault? Who acts: Abdallah, possessor. 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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 (Abdallah, possessor), 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:pg62868:22:51 # text = “I had it,” said he, “so long in my power; Abounadar, without me, had never been the possessor of it: what risks did I not run in the subterraneous vault? 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 15 advmod _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 Abounadar Abounadar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 without without ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 23 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 24 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 cop _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 possessor possessor NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 : : PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 30 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 31 nsubj _ _ 31 risks risk VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 parataxis _ _ 32 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 ccomp _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 run run VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 parataxis _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 subterraneous subterraneous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 vault vault NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *in a quote* | past | Abdallah | passion | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 2 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | Abdallah | | | | | my power *ccomp*; me *ccomp* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **have** *in a quote* | past | Abdallah *not said here* | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | participle | | the possessor | | | | of passion | tree rules | | 5 | **risk** *in a quote* | present | the possessor | | | | | | vn risk-94-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **do** *in a quote* | past | the possessor *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **not** **run** *in a quote* | present | Abdallah | | | the subterraneous vault | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in vault=Trajectory | 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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/22/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/22/52/) - ↑ back to [Ingratitude Punished.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/22/)