--- title: Schacabac being reduced to great poverty, and having eat nothing for… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: Schacabac being reduced to great poverty, and having eat nothing for two days together, made a visit to a noble Barmecide, in Persia, who was very hospitable, but withal a great humourist.—The Barmecide was sitting at his table, that seemed ready covered for an entertainment. 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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 (Persia, Barmecide, that), 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:pg62868:4:1 # text = Schacabac being reduced to great poverty, and having eat nothing for two days together, made a visit to a noble Barmecide, in Persia, who was very hospitable, but withal a great humourist.—The Barmecide was sitting at his table, that seemed ready covered for an entertainment. 1 Schacabac Schacabac PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 reduced reduce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 poverty poverty NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 aux _ _ 10 eat eat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 11 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 10 obj _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 15 together together ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 visit visit NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 noble noble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 Barmecide barmecide NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Persia Persia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 very very ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 hospitable hospitable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 withal withal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 parataxis _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 humourist humourist NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 — - PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 Barmecide Barmecide PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 44 at at ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 49 nsubj _ _ 49 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 parataxis _ _ 50 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 xcomp _ _ 51 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 50 xcomp _ _ 52 for for ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 entertainment entertainment NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reduce** | gerund · passive | | Schacabac | | | | to great poverty *goal* | vn limit-76 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Patient to poverty=Goal | | 2 | **eat** | gerund | | nothing | | | day | together *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient | | 3 | **make** | past | | a visit | | Persia | | to a noble Barmecide | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset visit=Product | | 4 | **is** | past | Persia | | | | | hospitable *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **sit** | past · progressive | the Barmecide | | | Barmecide's table | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at table=Location | | 6 | **seem** | past | that | | | | | ready *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **cover** | participle | that *not said here* | | | | | for a entertainment | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | 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: [Story of Mencius., 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/3/12/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/4/2/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Schacabac.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/4/)