--- title: A certain Cham of Tartary going a progress with his nobles, was met… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: A certain Cham of Tartary going a progress with his nobles, was met by a Dervise, who cried with a loud voice, _whoever will give me a hundred pieces of gold, I will give him a piece of advice_. Who acts: certain Cham, Dervise, whoever, I. 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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 (certain Cham, Dervise, whoever, I), 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:pg62868:6:1 # text = A certain Cham of Tartary going a progress with his nobles, was met by a Dervise, who cried with a loud voice, _whoever will give me a hundred pieces of gold, I will give him a piece of advice_. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Cham Cham PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Tartary Tartary PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 progress progress NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 nobles noble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 met meet VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 15 by by ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Dervise Dervise PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 20 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 whoever whoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 28 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 30 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 iobj _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 33 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 parataxis _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 iobj _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | gerund | a certain Cham of Tartary *not said here* | a progress | | | | with Cham's nobles | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location progress=Theme | | 2 | **meet** | past · passive | a Dervise | a certain Cham of Tartary | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Co-Agent | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | a Dervise | | | | | with a loud voice | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with voice=Theme | | 4 | **give** | future | whoever | hundred pieces of gold | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient piece=Theme | | 5 | **give** | future | I | a piece of advice | Cham | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient piece=Theme | 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: [Hamet and Raschid., 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/5/19/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/6/2/) - ↑ back to [The Cham and the Dervise.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/6/)