Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Basket Maker., sentence 18

The basket-maker on the contrary, to whom the poverty of his condition had made nakedness habitual, to whom a life of pain and mortification represented death as not dreadful, and whose remembrance of his skill in arts, of which these savages were ignorant, gave him hopes of becoming safe, from demonstrating that he could be useful, moved with bolder and more open freedom; and having plucked a handful of the flags, sat down without emotion, and making signs that he would shew them something worthy of their attention, fell to work with smiles and noddings; while the savages drew near, and gazed with expectation of the consequence.

Who acts: life, savages, hopes, basket maker, maker · What happens: make, represent, death, be, give, become · To what, where: poverty, hopes, maker, handful, signs, savages

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 (life, savages, hopes, basket maker), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 maker	det
2	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 maker	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 basket	punct
4	maker	maker	NOUN	Number=Sing	83 sat	nsubj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 contrary	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 contrary	det
7	contrary	contrary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 maker	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 whom	punct
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 whom	case
10	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 contrary	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 poverty	det
12	poverty	poverty	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 made	nsubj:pass
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 condition	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 condition	nmod:poss
15	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 poverty	nmod
16	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 made	aux
17	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 whom	parataxis
18	nakedness	nakedness	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 habitual	compound
19	habitual	habitual	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 made	obj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 death	punct
21	to	to	ADP	_	22 whom	case
22	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	30 death	obl
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 life	det
24	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 death	nsubj
25	of	of	ADP	_	26 pain	case
26	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 life	nmod
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 mortification	cc
28	mortification	mortification	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 pain	conj
29	represented	represent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	30 death	amod
30	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 made	obl
31	as	as	SCONJ	_	33 dreadful	mark
32	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	33 dreadful	advmod
33	dreadful	dreadful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 death	acl
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 remembrance	punct
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 remembrance	cc
36	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	37 remembrance	nmod:poss
37	remembrance	remembrance	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 dreadful	obl
38	of	of	ADP	_	40 skill	case
39	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	40 skill	nmod:poss
40	skill	skill	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 remembrance	nmod
41	in	in	ADP	_	42 arts	case
42	arts	art	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 skill	nmod
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 ignorant	punct
44	of	of	ADP	_	45 which	case
45	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	49 ignorant	obl
46	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	47 savages	det
47	savages	savage	NOUN	Number=Plur	49 ignorant	nsubj
48	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	49 ignorant	cop
49	ignorant	ignorant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 made	parataxis
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 gave	punct
51	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	49 ignorant	conj
52	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 gave	iobj
53	hopes	hope	NOUN	Number=Plur	51 gave	obj
54	of	of	SCONJ	_	55 becoming	mark
55	becoming	become	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	53 hopes	acl
56	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 becoming	xcomp
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 demonstrating	punct
58	from	from	SCONJ	_	59 demonstrating	mark
59	demonstrating	demonstrate	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	51 gave	advcl
60	that	that	SCONJ	_	64 useful	mark
61	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	64 useful	nsubj
62	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	64 useful	aux
63	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	64 useful	cop
64	useful	useful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 demonstrating	ccomp
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	66 moved	punct
66	moved	move	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	64 useful	advcl
67	with	with	ADP	_	72 freedom	case
68	bolder	bold	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	72 freedom	amod
69	and	and	CCONJ	_	70 more	cc
70	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	68 bolder	conj
71	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	72 freedom	amod
72	freedom	freedom	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 moved	obl
73	;	;	PUNCT	_	76 plucked	punct
74	and	and	CCONJ	_	76 plucked	cc
75	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	76 plucked	aux
76	plucked	pluck	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 maker	acl
77	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	78 handful	det
78	handful	handful	NOUN	Number=Sing	76 plucked	obj
79	of	of	ADP	_	81 flags	case
80	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	81 flags	det
81	flags	flag	NOUN	Number=Plur	78 handful	nmod
82	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 maker	punct
83	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
84	down	down	ADP	_	83 sat	compound:prt
85	without	without	ADP	_	86 emotion	case
86	emotion	emotion	NOUN	Number=Sing	83 sat	obl
87	,	,	PUNCT	_	89 making	punct
88	and	and	CCONJ	_	89 making	cc
89	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	83 sat	advcl
90	signs	sign	NOUN	Number=Plur	89 making	obj
91	that	that	SCONJ	_	94 shew	mark
92	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	94 shew	nsubj
93	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	94 shew	aux
94	shew	shew	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	89 making	advcl
95	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	94 shew	obj
96	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	94 shew	obj
97	worthy	worthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	96 something	amod
98	of	of	ADP	_	100 attention	case
99	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	100 attention	nmod:poss
100	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	97 worthy	obl
101	,	,	PUNCT	_	102 fell	punct
102	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	83 sat	parataxis
103	to	to	PART	_	104 work	mark
104	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	102 fell	xcomp
105	with	with	ADP	_	106 smiles	case
106	smiles	smile	NOUN	Number=Plur	104 work	obl
107	and	and	CCONJ	_	108 noddings	cc
108	noddings	nodding	NOUN	Number=Plur	106 smiles	conj
109	;	;	PUNCT	_	113 drew	punct
110	while	while	SCONJ	_	113 drew	mark
111	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	112 savages	det
112	savages	savage	NOUN	Number=Plur	113 drew	nsubj
113	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	102 fell	conj
114	near	near	ADV	_	113 drew	advmod
115	,	,	PUNCT	_	117 gazed	punct
116	and	and	CCONJ	_	117 gazed	cc
117	gazed	gaze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	113 drew	conj
118	with	with	ADP	_	119 expectation	case
119	expectation	expectation	NOUN	Number=Sing	117 gazed	obl
120	of	of	ADP	_	122 consequence	case
121	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	122 consequence	det
122	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	119 expectation	nmod
123	.	.	PUNCT	_	83 sat	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	make	past · perfect · passive		the poverty of maker's condition		nakedness habitual obj	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary habitual=Product
2	represent	participle					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	death		a life of pain and mortification			whom obl	tree rules
4	is	past	this savages			which obl; ignorant property	tree rules
5	give	past	this savages not said here	hopes	maker		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient hope=Theme
6	become	gerund	hopes not said here			safe property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
7	demonstrate	gerund	this savages not said here				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	is	could	life			useful property	tree rules
9	move	participle	life not said here			with bolder open freedom	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
10	pluck	gerund · perfect	the basket maker on the contrary to the basket maker on the contrary to the basket maker not said here	a handful of the flags			vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent handful=Patient
11	sit down	past	the basket maker on the contrary to the basket maker on the contrary to the basket maker			without emotion	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
12	make	gerund	the basket maker on the contrary to the basket maker on the contrary to the basket maker not said here	signs			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sign=Product
13	shew	would	life	savages = savage		something obj	tree rules
14	fall	past					vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
15	work	to-infinitive				with smiles and noddings	vn cooperate-73.1-3 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme»: agent=Agent with smile=Co-Agent
16	draw	past	the savages			near property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
17	gaze	past	the savages not said here			with expectation of the consequence	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
18	condition		maker				nom condition «state transitive»: poss=agent
19	remember			maker's skill in arts			nom remembrance «cognition transitive»: of=patient
20	attend		savages = savage				nom attention «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent
21	expect			the consequence			nom expectation «cognition 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 18

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Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Basket Maker., sentence 18