--- title: The Barmecide could not but smile at the humour of his guest, and in… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: The Barmecide could not but smile at the humour of his guest, and instead of being angry with him, I find, says he, thou art a complaisant fellow, and deservest to be entertained in my house. Who acts: Barmecide, I. 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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, I), 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:pg62868:4:18 # text = The Barmecide could not but smile at the humour of his guest, and instead of being angry with him, I find, says he, thou art a complaisant fellow, and deservest to be entertained in my house. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Barmecide barmecide NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 5 but but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 smile smile VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 humour humour NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 guest guest NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 18 case _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 15 fixed _ _ 17 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 cop _ _ 18 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 find find VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 ccomp _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 28 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 nsubj _ _ 29 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 ccomp _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 complaisant complaisant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 fellow fellow NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 deservest deserve VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 cop _ _ 38 entertained entertained ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 ccomp _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **smile** | could | the Barmecide | | | the humour of Barmecide's guest | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | gerund | the Barmecide *not said here* | | | | | with Barmecide; angry *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **find** | present | I | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **deserve** | present | I *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | my house | | entertained *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **humour** | | | Barmecide's guest | | | | | nom humour «feeling transitive»: of=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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/4/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/4/19/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Schacabac.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/4/)