--- title: As he was eating very heartily of this imaginary goose, and crying u… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: As he was eating very heartily of this imaginary goose, and crying up the sauce to the skies, the Barmecide desired him to keep a corner of his stomach for a roasted lamb, fed with pistachio-nuts, and after having called for it, as though it had really been served up, Here is a dish, says he, that y --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/4/9/) [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/) / 9 # Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Schacabac., sentence 9 As he was eating very heartily of this imaginary goose, and crying up the sauce to the skies, the Barmecide desired him to keep a corner of his stomach for a roasted lamb, fed with pistachio-nuts, and after having called for it, as though it had really been served up, Here is a dish, says he, that you will see at nobody’s table but my own. **Who acts:** Schacabac, Barmecide, dish, you · **What happens:** eat, cry up, desire, keep, roast, feed · **To what, where:** sauce, skies, Schacabac, corner, dish, table · **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 (Schacabac, Barmecide, dish, you), 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:pg62868:4:9 # text = As he was eating very heartily of this imaginary goose, and crying up the sauce to the skies, the Barmecide desired him to keep a corner of his stomach for a roasted lamb, fed with pistachio-nuts, and after having called for it, as though it had really been served up, Here is a dish, says he, that you will see at nobody’s table but my own. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 eating eat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 heartily heartily ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 det _ _ 9 imaginary imaginary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 goose goose NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 14 up up ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 sauce sauce NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 skies sky NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 Barmecide Barmecide PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 desired desire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 csubj _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 stomach stomach NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 roasted roast VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 amod _ _ 35 lamb lamb NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 fed feed VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 acl _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 pistachio pistachio NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 nuts nut NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 after after SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 45 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 46 aux _ _ 46 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 parataxis _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 50 as as SCONJ IN _ 56 mark _ _ 51 though though SCONJ IN _ 50 fixed _ _ 52 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj:pass _ _ 53 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 54 really really ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 55 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 56 aux:pass _ _ 56 served serve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 conj _ _ 57 up up ADP RP _ 56 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 59 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 56 advmod _ _ 60 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 62 cop _ _ 61 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 dish dish NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 64 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 65 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 67 that that SCONJ IN _ 70 mark _ _ 68 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 70 nsubj _ _ 69 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 70 aux _ _ 70 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 64 ccomp _ _ 71 at at ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 72 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 74 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 73 ’s 's PART POS _ 72 case _ _ 74 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obl _ _ 75 but but CCONJ CC _ 77 cc _ _ 76 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 77 nmod:poss _ _ 77 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 64 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | past · progressive | Schacabac | | | | | heartily *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **cry up** *speech: express* | gerund | Schacabac *not said here* | the sauce | the skies | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent sauce=Topic to sky=Recipient | | 3 | **desire** | past | the Barmecide | Schacabac | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot he=Theme | | 4 | **keep** | to-infinitive | the Barmecide *not said here* | a corner of Schacabac's stomach for a roasted lamb | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent corner=Theme | | 5 | **roast** | participle | | | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **feed** | participle | | a corner of Schacabac's stomach for a roasted lamb *not said here* | | | | with pistachio nuts | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **call** | gerund · perfect | | | | | | for goose | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for it=Recipient | | 8 | **serve up** | past · perfect · passive | | corner | | here | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute | | 9 | **is a** | present | | a dish | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a dish | Schacabac | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **see** | future | you | | | nobody's table | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/4/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/4/10/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Schacabac.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/4/)