--- title: “Hassan,” said he, “what canst thou have lost, whose wealth was the… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: “Hassan,” said he, “what canst thou have lost, whose wealth was the labour of thy own hand; and what can have made thee sad, the spring of whose joy was in thy own bosom?—What evil has befallen thee? Who acts: Hassan, thou, wealth, spring. 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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, thou, wealth, spring), 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:pg62868:8:7 # text = “Hassan,” said he, “what canst thou have lost, whose wealth was the labour of thy own hand; and what can have made thee sad, the spring of whose joy was in thy own bosom?—What evil has befallen thee? 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 , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 “ " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 13 obj _ _ 10 canst can AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 11 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 nsubj _ _ 12 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 aux _ _ 13 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 wealth wealth NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 labour labour NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 nmod:poss _ _ 22 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 aux _ _ 29 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 30 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 obj _ _ 31 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 42 nmod:poss _ _ 41 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 bosom bosom NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ? ? PUNCT . _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 — - PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 48 obj _ _ 46 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj:pass _ _ 47 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 befallen befall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 conj _ _ 49 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | Hassan | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **lose** *in a quote* | can · perfect | thou | | | | | what *obj* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | the labour's wealth | the labour | | | | of thy own hand | tree rules | | 4 | **make** *in a quote* | can · perfect · passive | | thee | | | | what *nsubj:pass*; sad *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary thou=Product | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | past | the spring of the spring of the spring's joy's joy | | | thy own bosom | | thy *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 6 | **befall** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | evil | | | | What *obj*; thee *obj* | tree rules | | 7 | **joy** *in a quote* | | the spring of the spring of joy's joy | | | | | | nom joy «feeling 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/8/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/8/8/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Omar.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/8/)