--- title: You here pray for water, and water I will bestow; let me know with h… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: You here pray for water, and water I will bestow; let me know with how much you will be satisfied: speak not rashly; consider, that of whatever can be enjoyed by the body, excess is no less dangerous than scarcity. Who acts: You, water, me, much. 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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 (You, water, me, much), 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:pg62868:5:7 # text = You here pray for water, and water I will bestow; let me know with how much you will be satisfied: speak not rashly; consider, that of whatever can be enjoyed by the body, excess is no less dangerous than scarcity. 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 bestow bestow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 14 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 with with SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 17 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 18 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 nsubj _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 cop _ _ 22 satisfied satisfied ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 24 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 26 rashly rashly ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 consider consider VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 enjoyed enjoy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 parataxis _ _ 36 by by ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 excess excess NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 41 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 42 no no ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 44 advmod _ _ 44 dangerous dangerous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 conj _ _ 45 than than ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 scarcity scarcity NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pray** | present | You | | | here | | for water | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for water=Theme | | 2 | **bestow** | future | water | | | | | I *nsubj* | tree rules | | 3 | **let** | infinitive | water *not said here* | me | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **know** | infinitive | me *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is** | future | much | | | | | you *nsubj*; satisfied *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | infinitive | water *not said here* | | | | | rashly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **consider** | infinitive | water *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **enjoy** | can · passive | the body | that | | | | whatever *nsubj:pass* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus | | 9 | **is** | present | excess | | | | | than scarcity; dangerous, less *property* | tree rules | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/5/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/5/8/) - ↑ back to [Hamet and Raschid.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/5/)