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title: The blessings which he petitioned of the Prophet, as the Prophet’s v… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics
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# Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Omar., sentence 8

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The blessings which he petitioned of the Prophet, as the Prophet’s vicegerent, he was diligent to dispense; in the intervals of his devotion, therefore, he went about the city, relieving distress, and restraining oppression: the widow smiled under his protection, and the weakness of age and infancy was sustained by his bounty.

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**Who acts:** blessings, Almalic, widow, bounty · **What happens:** petition, be, dispense, go, relieve, restrain · **To what, where:** intervals, distress, oppression, protection, weakness

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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 (blessings, Almalic, widow, bounty), 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:pg62868:7:8
# text = The blessings which he petitioned of the Prophet, as the Prophet’s vicegerent, he was diligent to dispense; in the intervals of his devotion, therefore, he went about the city, relieving distress, and restraining oppression: the widow smiled under his protection, and the weakness of age and infancy was sustained by his bounty.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	blessings	blessing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	nsubj	_	_
3	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	petitioned	petition	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Prophet	Prophet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Prophet	Prophet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	’s	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	vicegerent	vicegerent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
17	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	diligent	diligent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	conj	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	dispense	dispense	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
22	in	in	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	intervals	interval	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
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	devotion	devotion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
29	therefore	therefore	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
31	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	_
32	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
33	about	about	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
37	relieving	relieve	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	32	advcl	_	_
38	distress	distress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
41	restraining	restrain	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	37	conj	_	_
42	oppression	oppression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	46	punct	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	widow	widow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	nsubj	_	_
46	smiled	smile	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	parataxis	_	_
47	under	under	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	49	nmod:poss	_	_
49	protection	protection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
51	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	59	cc	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	weakness	weakness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	nsubj:pass	_	_
54	of	of	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
55	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	nmod	_	_
56	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	57	cc	_	_
57	infancy	infancy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	conj	_	_
58	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	59	aux:pass	_	_
59	sustained	sustain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	46	conj	_	_
60	by	by	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
61	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	62	nmod:poss	_	_
62	bounty	bounty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	32	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **petition** | past | the blessings |  |  | the intervals of Almalic's devotion |  | of the Prophet; as the Prophet's vicegerent; Almalic *nsubj* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | Almalic |  |  |  |  | diligent *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **dispense** | to-infinitive | Almalic *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **go** | past | the blessings |  |  |  |  | about the city; Almalic *nsubj*; therefore *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme about city=Location |
| 5 | **relieve** | gerund | the blessings *not said here* | distress |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus distress=Experiencer |
| 6 | **restrain** | gerund | the blessings *not said here* | oppression |  |  |  |  | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer oppression=Eventuality |
| 7 | **smile** | past | the widow |  |  | Almalic's protection |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **sustain** | past · passive | Almalic's bounty | the weakness of age and infancy |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 9 | **devote** |  | Almalic |  |  |  |  |  | nom devotion «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |
| 10 | **protect** |  | Almalic |  |  |  |  |  | nom protection «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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