--- title: After he had accepted some coffee, he asked me many questions; and t… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: After he had accepted some coffee, he asked me many questions; and though by my answers I always endeavoured to excite him to mirth, yet I perceived that he grew thoughtful, and eyed me with a placid but fixed attention. Who acts: Almalic, I, my. 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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 (Almalic, I, my), 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:pg62868:7:12 # text = After he had accepted some coffee, he asked me many questions; and though by my answers I always endeavoured to excite him to mirth, yet I perceived that he grew thoughtful, and eyed me with a placid but fixed attention. 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 accepted accept VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 5 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 6 coffee coffee NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 iobj _ _ 11 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 questions question NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 though though ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 16 by by ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 answers answer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 parataxis _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 21 advmod _ _ 21 endeavoured endeavour VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 excite excite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 mirth mirth NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 perceived perceive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 34 thoughtful thoughtful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 eyed eye VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 38 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 41 placid placid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 42 but but CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 fixed fixed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 conj _ _ 44 attention attention NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accept** | past · perfect | Almalic | some coffee | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coffee=Theme | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Almalic | many questions | me | | | my answers *parataxis* | tree rules | | 3 | **endeavour** | past | I | my answers *not said here* | | | | always *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **excite** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | Almalic | | | | to mirth | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 5 | **perceive** | past | I | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **grow** | past | Almalic | | | | | thoughtful *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **eye** | past | I *not said here* | me | | | | with a placid attention | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 8 | **answer** | | my | | | | | | nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/7/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/7/13/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Omar.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/7/)