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title: Hamet was struck with the greatness of his neighbour’s sentiments, a… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics
description: Hamet was struck with the greatness of his neighbour’s sentiments, and secretly repined in his heart, that he had not made the same petition before him; when the Genius spoke, “Rash man, be not insatiable! remember, to thee that is nothing which thou canst not use; and how are thy wants greater than
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# Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, Hamet and Raschid., sentence 15

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Hamet was struck with the greatness of his neighbour’s sentiments, and secretly repined in his heart, that he had not made the same petition before him; when the Genius spoke, “Rash man, be not insatiable! remember, to thee that is nothing which thou canst not use; and how are thy wants greater than the wants of Hamet?”

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**Who acts:** Raschid, Genius, that, thou, wants, thy · **What happens:** strike, repine, not make, speak, not be, remember · **To what, where:** Hamet, heart, same petition, Rash man, nothing · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, Hamet and Raschid.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Raschid, Genius, that, thou), 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:pg62868:5:15
# text = Hamet was struck with the greatness of his neighbour’s sentiments, and secretly repined in his heart, that he had not made the same petition before him; when the Genius spoke, “Rash man, be not insatiable! remember, to thee that is nothing which thou canst not use; and how are thy wants greater than the wants of Hamet?”
1	Hamet	Hamet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	struck	strike	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	greatness	greatness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	’s	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	sentiments	sentiment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	repined	repine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
20	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
21	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
22	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
23	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	24	advmod	_	_
24	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	15	conj	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	petition	petition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	_
28	before	before	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
31	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	34	advmod	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	Genius	Genius	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	nsubj	_	_
34	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
36	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	38	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	Rash	rash	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
38	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
40	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	42	cop	_	_
41	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	42	advmod	_	_
42	insatiable	insatiable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
44	remember	remember	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
46	to	to	ADP	TO	_	47	case	_	_
47	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	44	ccomp	_	_
48	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	50	nsubj	_	_
49	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	50	cop	_	_
50	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	47	parataxis	_	_
51	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	55	obj	_	_
52	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	55	nsubj	_	_
53	canst	can	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	55	aux	_	_
54	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	55	advmod	_	_
55	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	50	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	62	punct	_	_
57	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	62	cc	_	_
58	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	62	advmod	_	_
59	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	62	cop	_	_
60	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	61	nmod:poss	_	_
61	wants	want	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	62	nsubj	_	_
62	greater	great	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	parataxis	_	_
63	than	than	ADP	IN	_	65	case	_	_
64	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	65	det	_	_
65	wants	want	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	62	obl	_	_
66	of	of	ADP	IN	_	67	case	_	_
67	Hamet	Hamet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	65	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | past · passive |  | Hamet |  |  |  | with the greatness of Raschid's neighbour's sentiments | tree rules |
| 2 | **repine** | participle |  |  |  | Raschid's heart |  | secretly *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **make** | past · perfect | Raschid | the same petition |  |  | before water |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent petition=Product |
| 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the Genius | Rash man |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | insatiable *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **remember** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | thee *ccomp* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | nothing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **not** **use** *in a quote* | can | thou |  |  |  |  | which *obj* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Patient |
| 9 | **is** *in a quote* | present | thy wants |  |  |  |  | than the wants of Hamet; great *property* | tree rules |
| 10 | **want** *in a quote* |  | thy |  |  |  |  |  | nom want «state transitive»: poss=agent |
| 11 | **want** *in a quote* |  |  | Hamet |  |  |  |  | nom want «state transitive»: of=patient |

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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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