--- title: “Hassan,” he replied, “I can no otherwise give life or happiness tha… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: “Hassan,” he replied, “I can no otherwise give life or happiness than by not taking them away: thou art thyself beyond the reach of my bounty, and possessed of felicity which I can neither communicate nor obtain.—My influence over others fills my bosom with perpetual solicitude and anxiety; and yet --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/7/18/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Oriental tales, for the entertainment…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/) / [The Story of Omar.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/7/) / 18 # Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Omar., sentence 18 “Hassan,” he replied, “I can no otherwise give life or happiness than by not taking them away: thou art thyself beyond the reach of my bounty, and possessed of felicity which I can neither communicate nor obtain.—My influence over others fills my bosom with perpetual solicitude and anxiety; and yet my influence over others extends only to their vices, whether I would reward or punish. **Who acts:** Hassan, influence, my · **What happens:** reply, give, not take away, possess, communicate, obtain · **To what, where:** life, happiness, felicity, bosom, vices · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, The Story of Omar.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Hassan, influence, 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:pg62868:7:18 # text = “Hassan,” he replied, “I can no otherwise give life or happiness than by not taking them away: thou art thyself beyond the reach of my bounty, and possessed of felicity which I can neither communicate nor obtain.—My influence over others fills my bosom with perpetual solicitude and anxiety; and yet my influence over others extends only to their vices, whether I would reward or punish. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Hassan Hassan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 “ " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 11 no no ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 otherwise otherwise ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 14 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 15 or or CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 happiness happiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 17 than than SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 by by SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 20 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 21 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 away away ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 24 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 nsubj _ _ 25 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 26 thyself thyself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes|Style=Arch 25 obj _ _ 27 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 reach reach NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 bounty bounty NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 possessed possess VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 parataxis _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 felicity felicity NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 38 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 obj _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 neither neither ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 communicate communicate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 acl:relcl _ _ 43 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 44 cc _ _ 44 obtain obtain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 — - PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 influence influence NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 49 over over ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nmod _ _ 51 fills fill VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 52 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 bosom bosom NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 54 with with ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 perpetual perpetual NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 compound _ _ 56 solicitude solicitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 58 anxiety anxiety NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ; ; PUNCT : _ 66 punct _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 61 yet yet ADV RB _ 63 advmod _ _ 62 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 63 nmod:poss _ _ 63 influence influence NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 nsubj _ _ 64 over over ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 65 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 63 nmod _ _ 66 extends extend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 67 only only ADV RB _ 70 advmod _ _ 68 to to ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 70 nmod:poss _ _ 70 vices vice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 66 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 72 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 75 mark _ _ 73 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 75 nsubj _ _ 74 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 75 aux _ _ 75 reward reward VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 66 conj _ _ 76 or or CCONJ CC _ 77 cc _ _ 77 punish punish VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 75 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Hassan | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **give** *in a quote* | can | | life or happiness | | | | otherwise *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme | | 3 | **not** **take away** *in a quote* | gerund | | happiness | | | | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 4 | **possess** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | of felicity | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 5 | **communicate** *in a quote* | can | Hassan | felicity | | | | neither *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Topic | | 6 | **obtain** *in a quote* | infinitive | Hassan *not said here* | | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 7 | **fill** *in a quote* | present | My influence over others | my bosom | | | | with perpetual solicitude and anxiety | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent bosom=Patient with solicitude=Instrument | | 8 | **extend** *in a quote* | present | my influence over others | happiness's vices | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent vice=Theme | | 9 | **reward** *in a quote* | would | Hassan | | | | | | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **punish** *in a quote* | infinitive | Hassan *not said here* | | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **bosom** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom bosom «state 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/7/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/7/19/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Omar.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/7/)