--- title: It happened that the king himself passed through the gallery during… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: It happened that the king himself passed through the gallery during this debate; and, smiling at the mistake of the dervise, asked him how he could possibly be so dull as not to distinguish a palace from a caravansary. Who acts: It, king, dervise. 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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 (It, king, dervise), 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:pg62868:9:6 # text = It happened that the king himself passed through the gallery during this debate; and, smiling at the mistake of the dervise, asked him how he could possibly be so dull as not to distinguish a palace from a caravansary. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 5 nmod:unmarked _ _ 7 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 8 through through ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 gallery gallery NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 during during ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 13 debate debate NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 17 smiling smile VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 mistake mistake NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 dervise dervise NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 25 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 iobj _ _ 27 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 33 advmod _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 29 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 30 possibly possibly ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 cop _ _ 32 so so ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 dull dull ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 xcomp _ _ 34 as as SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 distinguish distinguish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 from from ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 caravansary caravansary NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | It | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **pass** | past | the king king | | | the gallery | during this debate | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through gallery=Location | | 3 | **smile** | gerund | | | | the mistake of the dervise | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | | | king | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 5 | **is** *not said to happen* | could | king | | | | | dull, possibly *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **distinguish** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | a palace | | | | from a caravansary | vn distinguish-23.5-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent palace=Theme from caravansary=Co-Theme | | 7 | **mistake** | | the dervise | | | | | | nom mistake «act intransitive»: of=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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/9/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/9/7/) - ↑ back to [Story of a Dervise.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/9/)