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title: He knew where the candlestick was placed; he seized upon it, hid it… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics
description: He knew where the candlestick was placed; he seized upon it, hid it in the bottom of one of the sacks, which he filled with pieces of gold and other riches which he was allowed to take, and loaded it, as well as the rest, upon his camels. Who acts: Abounadar, sacks, gold. A sentence of «Oriental tal
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# Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, Ingratitude Punished., sentence 60

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He knew where the candlestick was placed; he seized upon it, hid it in the bottom of one of the sacks, which he filled with pieces of gold and other riches which he was allowed to take, and loaded it, as well as the rest, upon his camels.

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**Who acts:** Abounadar, sacks, gold · **What happens:** know, place, seize, hide, fill, allow · **To what, where:** candlestick, bottom, gold, camels · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (Abounadar, sacks, gold), 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:pg62868:22:60
# text = He knew where the candlestick was placed; he seized upon it, hid it in the bottom of one of the sacks, which he filled with pieces of gold and other riches which he was allowed to take, and loaded it, as well as the rest, upon his camels.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	7	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	candlestick	candlestick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	placed	place	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	seized	seize	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
11	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	bottom	bottom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	nmod	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	sacks	sack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
25	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	27	nsubj	_	_
26	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj	_	_
27	filled	fill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	acl:relcl	_	_
28	with	with	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	obl	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nmod	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
33	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
34	riches	rich	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	conj	_	_
35	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	38	nsubj:pass	_	_
36	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	38	nsubj:pass	_	_
37	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	38	aux:pass	_	_
38	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	31	acl:relcl	_	_
39	to	to	PART	TO	_	40	mark	_	_
40	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	38	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
42	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
43	loaded	load	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
44	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	43	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
46	as	as	ADV	RB	ExtPos=CCONJ	50	cc	_	_
47	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	46	fixed	_	_
48	as	as	ADP	IN	_	46	fixed	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
52	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	54	nmod:poss	_	_
54	camels	camel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | past | Abounadar |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **place** | past · passive |  | the candlestick |  |  |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **seize** | past | Abounadar |  |  |  |  | upon candlestick | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **hide** | past | Abounadar *not said here* | candlestick |  | the bottom of one of the sacks |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Patient in bottom=Location |
| 5 | **fill** | past | the sacks |  |  |  |  | with pieces of gold and other riches; Abounadar *nsubj* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with piece=Instrument |
| 6 | **allow** | past · passive |  | gold and other riches |  |  |  | Abounadar *nsubj:pass* | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 7 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | gold and other riches *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **load** | past | Abounadar *not said here* | candlestick |  | Abounadar's camels |  | the rest *obl* | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme upon camel=Destination |

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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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