--- title: Being plied with two or three other imaginary bumpers of different w… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: Being plied with two or three other imaginary bumpers of different wines equally delicious, and a little vexed with this fantastic treat, he pretended to grow fluttered, and gave the Barmecide a good box on the ear; but immediately recovering himself, Sir, says he, I beg ten thousand pardons, but I --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/4/17/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Oriental tales, for the entertainment…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/) / [The Story of Schacabac.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/4/) / 17 # Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Schacabac., sentence 17 Being plied with two or three other imaginary bumpers of different wines equally delicious, and a little vexed with this fantastic treat, he pretended to grow fluttered, and gave the Barmecide a good box on the ear; but immediately recovering himself, Sir, says he, I beg ten thousand pardons, but I told you before, that it was my misfortune to be quarrelsome in my drink. **Who acts:** hand, I, box · **What happens:** ply, vex, pretend, grow, flutter, give · **To what, where:** little, Barmecide, ear, hand, thousand pardons, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, The Story of Schacabac.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (hand, I, box), 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:pg62868:4:17 # text = Being plied with two or three other imaginary bumpers of different wines equally delicious, and a little vexed with this fantastic treat, he pretended to grow fluttered, and gave the Barmecide a good box on the ear; but immediately recovering himself, Sir, says he, I beg ten thousand pardons, but I told you before, that it was my misfortune to be quarrelsome in my drink. 1 Being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 aux:pass _ _ 2 plied ply VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 ccomp _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 4 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 5 or or CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 conj _ _ 7 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 imaginary imaginary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 bumpers bumper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 wines wine NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 13 equally equally ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 delicious delicious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 obl:unmarked _ _ 19 vexed vex VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 det _ _ 22 fantastic fantastic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 treat treat NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 pretended pretend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 fluttered flutter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 Barmecide barmecide NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 38 on on ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 42 but but CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 43 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 recovering recover VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 49 advcl _ _ 45 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 49 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 50 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 beg beg VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 ccomp _ _ 54 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 55 compound _ _ 55 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 56 nummod _ _ 56 pardons pardon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 58 but but CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 59 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 60 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 conj _ _ 61 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 60 iobj _ _ 62 before before ADV RB _ 60 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 64 that that SCONJ IN _ 68 mark _ _ 65 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 nsubj _ _ 66 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 68 cop _ _ 67 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 68 nmod:poss _ _ 68 misfortune misfortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 parataxis _ _ 69 to to PART TO _ 71 mark _ _ 70 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 71 cop _ _ 71 quarrelsome quarrelsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 acl _ _ 72 in in ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 74 nmod:poss _ _ 74 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 49 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ply** | gerund · passive | | | | | | with two other imaginary bumpers of different wines | vn equip-13.4.2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: with bumper=Theme | | 2 | **vex** | participle | | a little | | | | with this fantastic treat | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **pretend** | past | hand | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **grow** | to-infinitive | hand *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **flutter** | participle | hand *not said here* | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **give** | past | hand *not said here* | the Barmecide | | the ear | | a good box *obj* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent barmecide=Recipient box=Theme on ear=Asset | | 7 | **recover** | gerund | | hand | | | | Sir *obl*; immediately *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | hand | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **beg** *speech: request* | present | I | thousand pardons | | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent pardon=Recipient | | 10 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | I | | you | | | before *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 11 | **is a** | past | box | my misfortune | | | | my *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 12 | **is** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | my drink | | quarrelsome *property* | tree rules | 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/4/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/4/18/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Schacabac.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/4/)