--- title: “My name,” replied the stranger, “is Hassan, and I am a native of th… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: “My name,” replied the stranger, “is Hassan, and I am a native of this city: the Angel of adversity has laid his hand upon me; and the wretch whom thine eye compassionates, thou canst not deliver.” Who acts: name, eye, wretch, 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 (name, eye, wretch, 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:pg62868:7:4 # text = “My name,” replied the stranger, “is Hassan, and I am a native of this city: the Angel of adversity has laid his hand upon me; and the wretch whom thine eye compassionates, thou canst not deliver.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 Hassan Hassan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 native native NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 det _ _ 21 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 : : PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Angel angel NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 adversity adversity NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 27 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 laid lay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 upon upon ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 wretch wretch NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 37 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 40 obj _ _ 38 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 compassionates compassionate VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 42 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 45 nsubj _ _ 43 canst can AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 45 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ” " PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | My name | the stranger | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | Hassan | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | My name *= name* | a native | | | | of this city | tree rules | | 4 | **lay** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | the Angel of adversity | | | | upon My name *= name*; Angel's hand *obj* | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme hand=Destination | | 5 | **compassionate** *in a quote* | present | thine eye | the wretch | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **deliver** *in a quote* | can | the wretch | | | | | thou *nsubj* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **name** *in a quote* | | My | | | | | | nom name «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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/7/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/7/5/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Omar.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/7/)