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title: Upon which calling for his supper, the rice-soup, the goose, the pis… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics
description: Upon which calling for his supper, the rice-soup, the goose, the pistachio-lamb, the several other nice dishes, with the desert, the lozenges, and all the variety of Persian wines, were served up successively one after another; and Schacabac was feasted, in reality, with those very things which he h
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# Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Schacabac., sentence 20

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Upon which calling for his supper, the rice-soup, the goose, the pistachio-lamb, the several other nice dishes, with the desert, the lozenges, and all the variety of Persian wines, were served up successively one after another; and Schacabac was feasted, in reality, with those very things which he had before been entertained within imagination.

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**Who acts:** things · **What happens:** call, serve up, feast, be · **To what, where:** rice soup, variety, Schacabac, reality · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (things), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg62868:4:20
# text = Upon which calling for his supper, the rice-soup, the goose, the pistachio-lamb, the several other nice dishes, with the desert, the lozenges, and all the variety of Persian wines, were served up successively one after another; and Schacabac was feasted, in reality, with those very things which he had before been entertained within imagination.
1	Upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	calling	call	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	supper	supper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	rice	rice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	soup	soup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	goose	goose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
17	pistachio	pistachio	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	lamb	lamb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
22	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
23	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
24	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	dishes	dish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
27	with	with	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	desert	desert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	lozenges	lozenge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
35	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	37	det:predet	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	variety	variety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	nsubj:pass	_	_
38	of	of	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	Persian	persian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	_
40	wines	wine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
42	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	43	aux:pass	_	_
43	served	serve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	25	parataxis	_	_
44	up	up	ADP	RP	_	43	compound:prt	_	_
45	successively	successively	ADV	RB	_	46	advmod	_	_
46	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	43	obj	_	_
47	after	after	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
48	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	46	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
50	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
51	Schacabac	Schacabac	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	53	nsubj	_	_
52	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	53	aux:pass	_	_
53	feasted	feast	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	43	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
55	in	in	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
56	reality	reality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	61	punct	_	_
58	with	with	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
59	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	61	det	_	_
60	very	very	ADV	RB	_	61	advmod	_	_
61	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	53	obl	_	_
62	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	67	nsubj	_	_
63	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	67	nsubj	_	_
64	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	67	aux	_	_
65	before	before	ADV	RB	_	67	advmod	_	_
66	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	67	cop	_	_
67	entertained	entertained	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	61	acl:relcl	_	_
68	within	within	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
69	imagination	imagination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	67	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
70	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | gerund |  | the rice soup and the goose and the pistachio lamb |  |  |  | for Barmecide's supper; which *nsubj*; the several other nice dishes and the desert and the lozenges *obj* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent soup=Theme dish=Result |
| 2 | **serve up** | past · passive |  | all variety |  |  |  | of Persian wines; one *obj* | tree rules |
| 3 | **feast** | past · passive |  | Schacabac |  | reality |  | with that things | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** | past · perfect | that things |  |  |  |  | within imagination; Schacabac *nsubj*; before, entertained *property* | tree rules |

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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.

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**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.

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