--- title: Having looked about him for some time, he entered into a long galler… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: Having looked about him for some time, he entered into a long gallery, where he laid down his wallet, and spread his carpet, in order to repose himself upon it, after the manner of the eastern nations. Who acts: king. 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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 (king), 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:pg62868:9:2 # text = Having looked about him for some time, he entered into a long gallery, where he laid down his wallet, and spread his carpet, in order to repose himself upon it, after the manner of the eastern nations. 1 Having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 nsubj _ _ 2 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 about about ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 7 det _ _ 7 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 into into ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 gallery gallery NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 18 advmod _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 19 down down ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 wallet wallet NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 spread spread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 carpet carpet NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 in in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 31 mark _ _ 29 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 fixed _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 repose repose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 32 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 31 obj _ _ 33 upon upon ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 after after ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 eastern eastern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 nations nation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | gerund | | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **look** | past | | | | | time | about king | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent about he=Theme | | 3 | **enter** | past | king | | | a long gallery | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into gallery=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **lay down** | past | king | king's wallet | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wallet=Result | | 5 | **spread** | past | | king's carpet | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location carpet=Theme | | 6 | **repose** | to-infinitive | | king | | | after the manner of the eastern nations | upon order | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location himself=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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/9/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/9/3/) - ↑ back to [Story of a Dervise.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/9/)