--- title: I then started up, and was about to prostrate myself before him, but… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: I then started up, and was about to prostrate myself before him, but he prevented me: “Hassan,” said he, “forbear; thou art greater than I, and from thee I have at once derived humility and wisdom.” Who acts: I, Almalic, Hassan. 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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 (I, Almalic, Hassan), 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:pg62868:7:16 # text = I then started up, and was about to prostrate myself before him, but he prevented me: “Hassan,” said he, “forbear; thou art greater than I, and from thee I have at once derived humility and wisdom.” 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 prostrate prostrate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 10 obj _ _ 12 before before ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 prevented prevent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 18 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 20 “ " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 Hassan Hassan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ” " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ 24 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 “ " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 forbear forbear NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 30 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 nsubj _ _ 31 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ _ 32 greater great ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 31 xcomp _ _ 33 than than ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 from from ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 40 obl _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 41 at at SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 43 advmod _ _ 43 derived derive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 ccomp _ _ 44 humility humility NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 wisdom wisdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start up** | past | I | | | | then | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **is** | past | I *not said here* | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **prostrate** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | myself | | | before Almalic | | tree rules | | 4 | **prevent** | past | Almalic | me | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer i=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Hassan | forbear | | | | Almalic *nsubj* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | present | Hassan | | | thee | | | tree rules | | 7 | **derive** *in a quote* | past | Hassan *not said here* | humility and wisdom | | | | once *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location humility=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: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/7/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/7/17/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Omar.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/7/)