Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Basket Maker., sentence 12
Here the king, discontinuing his speech, fixed an eye of indignation on a sullen resentment of mien which he observed in the haughty offender, who muttered out his dislike of the encouragement this way of thinking must give to the commonality, who, he said, were to be considered as persons of no consequence, in comparison of men who were born to be honoured.
Who acts: king, sullen resentment, haughty offender, way, commonality, distinction · What happens: discontinue, fix, observe, mutter out, think, give · To what, where: speech, eye, haughty offender, dislike, encouragement, comparison · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, The Basket Maker.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, sullen resentment, haughty offender, way), 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 king | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 king | det |
| 3 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 discontinuing | punct |
| 5 | discontinuing | discontinue | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 king | acl |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 speech | nmod:poss |
| 7 | speech | speech | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 discontinuing | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 fixed | punct |
| 9 | fixed | fix | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 king | acl |
| 10 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 eye | det |
| 11 | eye | eye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 fixed | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 indignation | case |
| 13 | indignation | indignation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 eye | nmod |
| 14 | on | on | ADP | _ | 17 resentment | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 resentment | det |
| 16 | sullen | sullen | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 resentment | amod |
| 17 | resentment | resentment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 indignation | nmod |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 mien | case |
| 19 | mien | mien | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 resentment | nmod |
| 20 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 22 observed | nsubj |
| 21 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 observed | nsubj |
| 22 | observed | observe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 resentment | acl:relcl |
| 23 | in | in | ADP | _ | 26 offender | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 offender | det |
| 25 | haughty | haughty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 offender | amod |
| 26 | offender | offender | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 observed | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 muttered | punct |
| 28 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 29 muttered | nsubj |
| 29 | muttered | mutter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 offender | acl:relcl |
| 30 | out | out | ADP | _ | 29 muttered | compound:prt |
| 31 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 dislike | nmod:poss |
| 32 | dislike | dislike | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 muttered | obj |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 encouragement | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 encouragement | det |
| 35 | encouragement | encouragement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 dislike | nmod |
| 36 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 37 way | det |
| 37 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 give | nsubj |
| 38 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 39 thinking | mark |
| 39 | thinking | think | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 37 way | acl |
| 40 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 41 give | aux |
| 41 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 35 encouragement | acl:relcl |
| 42 | to | to | ADP | _ | 44 commonality | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 commonality | det |
| 44 | commonality | commonality | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 considered | obl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 said | punct |
| 46 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 49 said | nsubj |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 who | punct |
| 48 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 said | nsubj |
| 49 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 commonality | acl |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 said | punct |
| 51 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 54 considered | aux:pass |
| 52 | to | to | PART | _ | 54 considered | mark |
| 53 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 54 considered | aux:pass |
| 54 | considered | consider | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 41 give | advcl |
| 55 | as | as | ADP | _ | 56 persons | case |
| 56 | persons | person | NOUN | Number=Plur | 54 considered | obl |
| 57 | of | of | ADP | _ | 59 consequence | case |
| 58 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 59 consequence | det |
| 59 | consequence | consequence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 persons | nmod |
| 60 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 comparison | punct |
| 61 | in | in | ADP | _ | 62 comparison | case |
| 62 | comparison | comparison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 considered | obl |
| 63 | of | of | ADP | _ | 64 men | case |
| 64 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 62 comparison | nmod |
| 65 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 67 born | nsubj:pass |
| 66 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 67 born | aux:pass |
| 67 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 64 men | acl:relcl |
| 68 | to | to | PART | _ | 70 honoured | mark |
| 69 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 70 honoured | aux:pass |
| 70 | honoured | honour | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 67 born | xcomp |
| 71 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 king | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | discontinue | gerund | the king not said here | distinction's speech | vn stop-55.4 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector speech=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | fix | participle | the king not said here | a eye of indignation on a sullen resentment of mien | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | ||||
| 3 | observe | past | a sullen resentment of mien | the haughty offender | distinction nsubj | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||
| 4 | mutter out speech: assert | past | the haughty offender | distinction's dislike of the encouragement | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dislike=Topic | ||||
| 5 | think speech: other | gerund | this way not said here | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | give | must | this way | the encouragement not said here | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent encouragement=Theme | ||||
| 7 | say speech: assert | past | the commonality | distinction nsubj | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 8 | consider | past · passive | this way not said here | comparison of men | to the commonality; as persons of no consequence | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S» | |||
| 9 | bear | past · passive | men | tree rules | |||||
| 10 | honour | to-infinitive · passive | tree rules | ||||||
| 12 | speak | distinction | nom speech «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 13 | resent | mien | nom resentment «feeling transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 14 | dislike | distinction | the encouragement | nom dislike «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient | |||||
| 15 | compare | men | nom comparison «act transitive»: of=patient |
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.
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