--- title: Schacabac at length, being courteously reproached by the Barmecide,… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: Schacabac at length, being courteously reproached by the Barmecide, that he had no stomach, and that he eat nothing, and at the same time being tired with moving his jaws up and down to no purpose, desired to be excused, for that really he was so full that he could not eat a bit more. 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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 (Barmecide, Schacabac, 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:pg62868:4:13 # text = Schacabac at length, being courteously reproached by the Barmecide, that he had no stomach, and that he eat nothing, and at the same time being tired with moving his jaws up and down to no purpose, desired to be excused, for that really he was so full that he could not eat a bit more. 1 Schacabac Schacabac PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 5 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 aux:pass _ _ 6 courteously courteously ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 reproached reproach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Barmecide barmecide NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 15 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 16 det _ _ 16 stomach stomach NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 eat eat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 22 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 25 at at ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 29 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 cop _ _ 30 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 parataxis _ _ 31 with with SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 32 moving move VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 jaws jaw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 35 up up ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 down down ADV RB _ 35 conj _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 40 det _ _ 40 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 desired desire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 conj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 excused excuse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 47 for for SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 48 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 53 nsubj _ _ 49 really really ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 50 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 51 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 52 so so ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 53 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 parataxis _ _ 54 that that SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 55 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 56 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 57 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 58 advmod _ _ 58 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 advcl _ _ 59 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl:unmarked _ _ 61 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 58 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reproach** | gerund · passive | the Barmecide | Schacabac at length | | | | courteously *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 2 | **have** | past | Schacabac | no stomach | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stomach=Patient | | 3 | **eat** | present | Schacabac | nothing | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient | | 4 | **is** | gerund | | | | | time | tired *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **move** | gerund | | Schacabac's jaws | | no purpose | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent jaw=Theme to purpose=Trajectory | | 6 | **desire** | participle | | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 7 | **excuse** | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP» | | 8 | **is** | past | that | | | | | Schacabac *nsubj*; full *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **not** **eat** | could | Schacabac | more a bit | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/4/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/4/14/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Schacabac.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/4/)