--- title: Schacabac would have excused himself from drinking so much at once,… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: Schacabac would have excused himself from drinking so much at once, because he said he was a little quarrelsome in his liquor; however, being prest to it, he pretended to take it off, having before-hand praised the colour, and afterwards the flavour. Who acts: Schacabac, hand. 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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 (Schacabac, hand), 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:pg62868:4:16 # text = Schacabac would have excused himself from drinking so much at once, because he said he was a little quarrelsome in his liquor; however, being prest to it, he pretended to take it off, having before-hand praised the colour, and afterwards the flavour. 1 Schacabac Schacabac PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux _ _ 4 excused excuse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 obj _ _ 6 from from SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 drinking drink VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 much much ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 because because SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 quarrelsome quarrelsome NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 ccomp _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 liquor liquor NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 25 however however ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 27 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 cop _ _ 28 prest pre ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 advcl _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 pretended pretend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 off off ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 40 before before SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 43 praised praise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 48 afterwards afterwards ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 flavour flavour NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **excuse** | would · perfect | Schacabac | Schacabac | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 2 | **drink** | gerund | Schacabac *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Schacabac | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** | past | Schacabac | a little quarrelsome | | Schacabac's liquor | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | gerund | Schacabac *not said here* | | liquor | | | however, pre *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **pretend** | past | Schacabac | the flavour | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **take off** | to-infinitive | Schacabac *not said here* | liquor | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 8 | **have** | gerund | Schacabac *not said here* | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **praise** | past | hand | the colour | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colour=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: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/4/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/4/17/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Schacabac.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/4/)