Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Basket Maker., sentence 17

Here the gentleman began to discover that the superiority of his blood was imaginary; for between the consciousness of shame and cold, under the nakedness he had never been used to; a fear of the event from the fierceness of the savages approach; and the want of an idea whereby to soften or divert their asperity, he fell behind the poor sharer of his calamity, and with an unsinewed, apprehensive, unmanly sneakingness of mien, gave up the post of honour, and made a leader of the very man whom he had thought it a disgrace to consider as a companion.

Who acts: gentleman, superiority, fear · What happens: begin, discover, be, not use, approach, soften · To what, where: gentleman, asperity, poor sharer, post, leader, man

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 (gentleman, superiority, fear), 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	4 began	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 gentleman	det
3	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 began	nsubj
4	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 discover	mark
6	discover	discover	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 began	xcomp
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 imaginary	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 superiority	det
9	superiority	superiority	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 imaginary	nsubj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 blood	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 blood	nmod:poss
12	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 superiority	nmod
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 imaginary	cop
14	imaginary	imaginary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 discover	advcl
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	19 consciousness	punct
16	for	for	ADP	_	19 consciousness	case
17	between	between	ADP	_	19 consciousness	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 consciousness	det
19	consciousness	consciousness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 began	obl
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 shame	case
21	shame	shame	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 consciousness	nmod
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 cold	cc
23	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 shame	conj
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 nakedness	punct
25	under	under	ADP	_	27 nakedness	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 nakedness	det
27	nakedness	nakedness	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 consciousness	appos
28	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 used	nsubj
29	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 used	aux
30	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	32 used	advmod
31	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	32 used	aux:pass
32	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	27 nakedness	acl:relcl
33	to	to	ADP	_	32 used	obl
34	;	;	PUNCT	_	36 fear	punct
35	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	36 fear	det
36	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 approach	nsubj
37	of	of	ADP	_	39 event	case
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 event	det
39	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 fear	nmod
40	from	from	ADP	_	42 fierceness	case
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 fierceness	det
42	fierceness	fierceness	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 event	nmod
43	of	of	ADP	_	45 savages	case
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 savages	det
45	savages	savage	NOUN	Number=Plur	42 fierceness	nmod
46	approach	approach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 began	parataxis
47	;	;	PUNCT	_	4 began	punct
48	and	and	CCONJ	_	50 want	cc
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 want	det
50	want	want	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 ;	conj
51	of	of	ADP	_	53 idea	case
52	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	53 idea	det
53	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 want	nmod
54	whereby	whereby	ADV	PronType=Int	56 soften	advmod
55	to	to	PART	_	56 soften	mark
56	soften	soften	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	53 idea	acl:relcl
57	or	or	CCONJ	_	58 divert	cc
58	divert	divert	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	56 soften	conj
59	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	60 asperity	nmod:poss
60	asperity	asperity	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 divert	obj
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 fell	punct
62	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	63 fell	nsubj
63	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	56 soften	advcl
64	behind	behind	ADP	_	67 sharer	case
65	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	67 sharer	det
66	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	67 sharer	amod
67	sharer	sharer	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 fell	obl
68	of	of	ADP	_	70 calamity	case
69	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	70 calamity	nmod:poss
70	calamity	calamity	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 sharer	nmod
71	,	,	PUNCT	_	84 gave	punct
72	and	and	CCONJ	_	84 gave	cc
73	with	with	ADP	_	80 sneakingness	case
74	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	80 sneakingness	det
75	unsinewed	unsinew	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	80 sneakingness	amod
76	,	,	PUNCT	_	75 unsinewed	punct
77	apprehensive	apprehensive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	80 sneakingness	amod
78	,	,	PUNCT	_	77 apprehensive	punct
79	unmanly	unmanly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	80 sneakingness	amod
80	sneakingness	sneakingness	NOUN	Number=Sing	84 gave	obl
81	of	of	ADP	_	82 mien	case
82	mien	mien	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 sneakingness	nmod
83	,	,	PUNCT	_	80 sneakingness	punct
84	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	63 fell	conj
85	up	up	ADP	_	84 gave	compound:prt
86	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	87 post	det
87	post	post	NOUN	Number=Sing	84 gave	obj
88	of	of	ADP	_	89 honour	case
89	honour	honour	NOUN	Number=Sing	87 post	nmod
90	,	,	PUNCT	_	92 made	punct
91	and	and	CCONJ	_	92 made	cc
92	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	84 gave	conj
93	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	94 leader	det
94	leader	leader	NOUN	Number=Sing	92 made	obj
95	of	of	ADP	_	98 man	case
96	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	98 man	det
97	very	very	ADV	_	98 man	advmod
98	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	94 leader	nmod
99	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	102 thought	obj
100	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	102 thought	nsubj
101	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	102 thought	aux
102	thought	think	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	98 man	acl:relcl
103	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	102 thought	obj
104	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	105 disgrace	det
105	disgrace	disgrace	NOUN	Number=Sing	102 thought	obj
106	to	to	PART	_	107 consider	mark
107	consider	consider	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	105 disgrace	acl
108	as	as	ADP	_	110 companion	case
109	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	110 companion	det
110	companion	companion	NOUN	Number=Sing	107 consider	obl
111	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 began	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	begin	past	the gentleman		here	for the consciousness of shame; the want of a idea conj	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	discover	to-infinitive	the gentleman not said here				vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	the superiority of gentleman's blood			imaginary property	tree rules
4	not use	past · perfect · passive		gentleman			vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
5	approach	present	a fear of the event from the fierceness of the savages				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	soften	to-infinitive	the gentleman not said here			whereby property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
7	divert	infinitive	the gentleman not said here	gallies's asperity			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus asperity=Experiencer
8	fall	past	gentleman		the poor sharer of gentleman's calamity		vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme behind sharer=Location
9	unsinew	participle					tree rules
10	give up	past	gentleman not said here	the post of honour		with a unsinewed apprehensive unmanly sneakingness of mien	vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent post=Source
11	make	past	gentleman not said here	a leader of the man			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset leader=Product
12	think speech: other	past · perfect	gentleman	the man		leader obj; a disgrace obj	tree rules
13	consider	to-infinitive	gentleman not said here			as a companion	vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent
14	fear			the event from the fierceness of the savages			nom fear «feeling transitive»: of=patient
15	want			a idea			nom want «state 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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Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Basket Maker., sentence 17