--- title: Omar, having waited till this agony was past, went to him, and takin… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: Omar, having waited till this agony was past, went to him, and taking him by the hand, “My son,” said he, “more is yet in thy power than Almalic could give, or Aububeker take away. Who acts: Omar, agony, Almalic, Aububeker. 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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 (Omar, agony, Almalic, Aububeker), 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:pg62868:8:29 # text = Omar, having waited till this agony was past, went to him, and taking him by the hand, “My son,” said he, “more is yet in thy power than Almalic could give, or Aububeker take away. 1 Omar Omar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 aux _ _ 4 waited wait VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 till till SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 agony agony NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 past past ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 by by ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 “ " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 27 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 30 “ " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 36 amod _ _ 32 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 33 yet yet ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 ccomp _ _ 37 than than SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 Almalic Almalic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 39 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 or or CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 Aububeker Aububeker PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 44 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 conj _ _ 45 away away ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | gerund · perfect | Omar | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | this agony | | | | | past *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | past | Omar *not said here* | | Omar | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **take** | gerund | Omar *not said here* | Omar | | | | by the hand; My son *parataxis* | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent he=Theme clause=Attribute | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Omar *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Omar | | | thy more power | yet | thy *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 7 | **give** *in a quote* | could | Almalic | thy more power *not said here* | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Theme | | 8 | **take away** *in a quote* | infinitive | Aububeker | | | | | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/8/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/8/30/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Omar.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/8/)