--- title: The flood rolled forward into the lands of Raschid, his plantations… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: The flood rolled forward into the lands of Raschid, his plantations were torn up, his flocks overwhelmed, he was swept away before it, and a crocodile devoured him. Who acts: flood, flocks, crocodile. 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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 (flood, flocks, crocodile), 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:pg62868:5:19 # text = The flood rolled forward into the lands of Raschid, his plantations were torn up, his flocks overwhelmed, he was swept away before it, and a crocodile devoured him. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 flood flood NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 rolled roll VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 forward forward ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 into into ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 lands land NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Raschid Raschid PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 plantations plantation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 torn tear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 15 up up ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 flocks flock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 19 overwhelmed overwhelm VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 swept sweep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 24 away away ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 before before ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 crocodile crocodile NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 devoured devour VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **roll forward** | past | the flood | | | the lands of Raschid | | forward *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into land=Destination | | 2 | **tear up** | past · passive | | Raschid's plantations | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **overwhelm** | past | Raschid's flocks | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **sweep away** | past · passive | | Raschid | | flood | | away *property* | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme before it=Trajectory | | 5 | **devour** | past | a crocodile | Raschid | | | | | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/5/18/) - next →: [The Cham and the Dervise., 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/6/1/) - ↑ back to [Hamet and Raschid.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/5/)