--- title: But I soon discovered, that no dainty was so tasteful, as the food t… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: But I soon discovered, that no dainty was so tasteful, as the food to which labour procured an appetite; no slumbers so sweet as those which weariness invited; and no time so well enjoyed, as that in which diligence is expecting its reward. Who acts: I, dainty, labour, that. 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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 (I, dainty, labour, that), 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:pg62868:8:19 # text = But I soon discovered, that no dainty was so tasteful, as the food to which labour procured an appetite; no slumbers so sweet as those which weariness invited; and no time so well enjoyed, as that in which diligence is expecting its reward. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 4 discovered discover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 7 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 8 det _ _ 8 dainty dainty NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 tasteful tasteful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 as as ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 appos _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 obl _ _ 18 labour labour NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 procured procure VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 20 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 appetite appetite NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 23 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 24 det _ _ 24 slumbers slumber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 25 so so ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 27 as as ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 26 obl _ _ 29 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 30 det _ _ 30 weariness weariness NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 appos _ _ 31 invited invite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 34 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 35 det _ _ 35 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 so so ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 37 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 38 advmod _ _ 38 enjoyed enjoy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 40 as as ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 46 nsubj _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 44 det _ _ 44 diligence diligence NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 45 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 expecting expect VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 advcl _ _ 47 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 reward reward NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **discover** | past | I | | | | | soon *property* | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | no dainty | | | | | the food *appos*; tasteful *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **procure** | past | labour | a appetite | | | | to the food | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent appetite=Theme | | 4 | **invite** | participle | | which weariness *not said here* | | | | | vn promote-102 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **enjoy** | participle · passive | | no time | | | | well *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 6 | **expect** | present · progressive | that in which diligence | labour's reward | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reward=Theme | | 7 | **reward** | | labour | | | | | | nom reward «event 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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/8/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/8/20/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Omar.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/8/)