--- title: Abdallah a hundred times testified his gratitude to him for all his… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: Abdallah a hundred times testified his gratitude to him for all his bounties; but the old man always answered, “My son, it is by actions that gratitude is proved; we shall see in a proper time and place, whether you are so grateful as you pretend.” Who acts: Abdallah hundred times, old man, gratitud --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/22/6/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Oriental tales, for the entertainment…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/) / [Ingratitude Punished.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/22/) / 6 # Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, Ingratitude Punished., sentence 6 Abdallah a hundred times testified his gratitude to him for all his bounties; but the old man always answered, “My son, it is by actions that gratitude is proved; we shall see in a proper time and place, whether you are so grateful as you pretend.” **Who acts:** Abdallah hundred times, old man, gratitude, actions, we, Dervise · **What happens:** testify, answer, be, prove, see, pretend · **To what, where:** gratitude, Dervise · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (Abdallah hundred times, old man, gratitude, actions), 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:pg62868:22:6 # text = Abdallah a hundred times testified his gratitude to him for all his bounties; but the old man always answered, “My son, it is by actions that gratitude is proved; we shall see in a proper time and place, whether you are so grateful as you pretend.” 1 Abdallah Abdallah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 testified testify VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 gratitude gratitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 13 det:predet _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 bounties bounty NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 19 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 20 advmod _ _ 20 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 “ " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 by by ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 actions action NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 parataxis _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 gratitude gratitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 proved prove VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 35 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 45 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 47 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 48 so so ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 grateful grateful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 parataxis _ _ 50 as as SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 51 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 pretend pretend VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ” " PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **testify** *speech: other* | past | Abdallah hundred times | Dervise's gratitude | Dervise | | | for Dervise's bounties | tree rules | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the old man | | | | | My son *vocative*; always *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | gratitude | | | | | by actions | tree rules | | 4 | **prove** *in a quote* | present · passive | actions *not said here* | gratitude | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **see** *in a quote* | shall | we | | | | time | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Dervise | | | | | grateful *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **pretend** *in a quote* | present | Dervise | | | | | | tree rules | 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/22/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/22/7/) - ↑ back to [Ingratitude Punished.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/22/)