--- title: “I bestowed it, undoubtedly,” replied the other; “for where were the… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: “I bestowed it, undoubtedly,” replied the other; “for where were the merit of being a money lender?”—“Did they ever own that they received your benefits?” still adds the philosopher. Who acts: I, staff, philosopher. 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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 (I, staff, philosopher), 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:pg62868:3:10 # text = “I bestowed it, undoubtedly,” replied the other; “for where were the merit of being a money lender?”—“Did they ever own that they received your benefits?” still adds the philosopher. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 bestowed bestow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 undoubtedly undoubtedly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 9 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 18 advmod _ _ 16 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 merit merit NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 parataxis _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 20 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 cop _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 lender lender NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ? ? PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ” " PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 — - PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 “ " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 31 advmod _ _ 31 own own VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 ccomp _ _ 35 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 benefits benefit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ? ? PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ” " PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ _ 39 still still ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 adds add VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 philosopher philosopher NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bestow** *in a quote* | past | I | fortune | | | | undoubtedly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | | the other | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent other=Topic | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | past | | | | | | for the merit | tree rules | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | of a money lender | tree rules | | 5 | **own** *in a quote* | past · do-support | staff | | | | ever | | tree rules | | 6 | **receive** *in a quote* | past | staff | your benefits | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent benefit=Theme | | 7 | **add** *speech: assert* | present | the philosopher | | | | still | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/3/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/3/11/) - ↑ back to [Story of Mencius.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/3/)