--- title: “Hassan,” said he, “I perceive, not with indignation but regret, tha… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: “Hassan,” said he, “I perceive, not with indignation but regret, that I mistook thy character; I now discover avarice and ambition in thy heart, which lay torpid only because their objects were too remote to rouse them. Who acts: Hassan, heart, objects. 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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 (Hassan, heart, objects), 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:pg62868:8:12 # text = “Hassan,” said he, “I perceive, not with indignation but regret, that I mistook thy character; I now discover avarice and ambition in thy heart, which lay torpid only because their objects were too remote to rouse them. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Hassan Hassan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 “ " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 perceive perceive VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 indignation indignation NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 regret regret NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 obj _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 mistook mistake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 21 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 character character NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 26 advmod _ _ 26 discover discover VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 27 avarice avarice NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 ambition ambition NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 35 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 36 torpid torpid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 xcomp _ _ 37 only only ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 38 because because SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 39 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 objects object NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 41 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 42 too too ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 remote remote ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 advcl _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 rouse rouse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 advcl _ _ 46 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Hassan | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **perceive** *in a quote* | present | Hassan | | | | | with indignation but regret | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **mistake** *in a quote* | past | Hassan | that | | | | thy character *obj* | tree rules | | 4 | **discover** *in a quote* | present | Hassan | avarice and ambition | | thy heart | now | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent avarice=Topic | | 5 | **lie** *in a quote* | past | thy heart | | | | | torpid *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | past | avarice's objects | | | | | remote *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **rouse** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | avarice's objects *not said here* | objects *= object* | | | | | vn stimulate-59.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | 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/pg62868/8/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/8/13/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Omar.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/8/)