--- title: He gave me an apartment in the seraglio; I was attended by his own s… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: He gave me an apartment in the seraglio; I was attended by his own servants; my provisions were sent from his own table; and I received every week a sum from his treasury, which exceeded the most romantic of my expectations. Who acts: heart, own servants, I, treasury. 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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 (heart, own servants, I, treasury), 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:pg62868:8:18 # text = He gave me an apartment in the seraglio; I was attended by his own servants; my provisions were sent from his own table; and I received every week a sum from his treasury, which exceeded the most romantic of my expectations. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 apartment apartment NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 seraglio seraglio NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 attended attend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 13 by by ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 15 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 18 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 provisions provision NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 22 from from ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 30 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 31 det _ _ 31 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 sum sum NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 34 from from ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 treasury treasury NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 39 exceeded exceed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 42 advmod _ _ 42 romantic romantic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 ccomp _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 expectations expectation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | heart | a apartment | me | the seraglio | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient apartment=Theme | | 2 | **attend** | past · passive | heart's own servants | I | | | | | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Goal | | 3 | **send** | past · passive | | my provisions | | heart's own table | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: subject=Theme from table=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **receive** | past | I | a sum | | heart's treasury | week | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent sum=Theme from treasury=Source | | 5 | **exceed** | past | heart's treasury | | | | | | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 6 | **provide** | | my | | | | | | nom provision «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **expect** | | my | | | | | | nom expectation «cognition 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/pg62868/8/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/8/19/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Omar.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/8/)