--- title: “But as I have taken from thee that which I cannot restore, I will a… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: “But as I have taken from thee that which I cannot restore, I will at least gratify the wishes that I excited, lest thy heart accuse me of injustice, and thou continue still a stranger to thyself. Who acts: Hassan, heart, thou. 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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, thou), 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:pg62868:8:14 # text = “But as I have taken from thee that which I cannot restore, I will at least gratify the wishes that I excited, lest thy heart accuse me of injustice, and thou continue still a stranger to thyself. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 6 obl _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 obj _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 restore restore VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 20 obl _ _ 20 gratify gratify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 wishes wish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 23 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 excited excited ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 accuse accuse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 injustice injustice NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 nsubj _ _ 37 continue continue VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 38 still still ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 thyself thyself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes|Style=Arch 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Hassan | | | thee | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from thou=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **not** **restore** *in a quote* | can | Hassan | | | | | which *obj* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent which=Theme | | 3 | **gratify** *in a quote* | future | | the wishes | | least | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus wish=Experiencer | | 4 | **accuse** *in a quote* | infinitive | thy heart | Hassan | | | | of injustice | vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent i=Theme of injustice=Attribute | | 5 | **continue** *in a quote* | present | thou | a stranger to thyself | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/8/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/8/15/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Omar.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/8/)