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title: But the king was so well satisfied with the answer, that he ordered… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics
description: But the king was so well satisfied with the answer, that he ordered it to be written in golden letters in several places of his palace, and engraved on all his plate. Who acts: king. A sentence of «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, The Cham and the Dervise., with its depe
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# Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Cham and the Dervise., sentence 4

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But the king was so well satisfied with the answer, that he ordered it to be written in golden letters in several places of his palace, and engraved on all his plate.

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**Who acts:** king · **What happens:** be, order, write, engrave · **To what, where:** answer, golden letters, plate

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This is a sentence of «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, The Cham and the Dervise.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king), 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:pg62868:6:4
# text = But the king was so well satisfied with the answer, that he ordered it to be written in golden letters in several places of his palace, and engraved on all his plate.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
7	satisfied	satisfied	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	ordered	order	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
17	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	aux:pass	_	_
18	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	advcl	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obl	_	_
22	in	in	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	nmod	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	_	_
27	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
30	engraved	engrave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
31	on	on	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
32	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	34	det:predet	_	_
33	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	34	nmod:poss	_	_
34	plate	plate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the king |  |  |  |  | with the answer; satisfied, well *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **order** | past | king | answer |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 3 | **write** | to-infinitive · passive | king *not said here* |  |  | golden letters in several places of king's palace |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: in letter=Destination |
| 4 | **engrave** | participle | the king *not said here* |  |  | king's plate |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent on plate=Destination |

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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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