Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Basket Maker., sentence 19
It was not long before he had wreathed a kind of coronet of pretty workmanship; and rising with respect and fearfulness, approached the savage who appeared the chief, and placed it gently on his head; whose figure, under this new ornament, so charmed and struck his followers, that they all threw down their clubs, and formed a dance of welcome and congratulation round the author of so prized a favour.
Who acts: poverty, maker, savage, savages, author · What happens: not be, wreathe, rise, approach, appear, place · To what, where: kind, savage, chief, poverty, head, followers
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 (poverty, maker, savage, savages), 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 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 long | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 long | cop |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 long | advmod |
| 4 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 8 wreathed | mark |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 wreathed | nsubj |
| 7 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 wreathed | aux |
| 8 | wreathed | wreathe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 long | advcl |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 kind | det |
| 10 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 wreathed | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 coronet | case |
| 12 | coronet | coronet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 kind | nmod |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 workmanship | case |
| 14 | pretty | pretty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 workmanship | amod |
| 15 | workmanship | workmanship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 coronet | nmod |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 24 approached | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 approached | cc |
| 18 | rising | rise | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 24 approached | advcl |
| 19 | with | with | ADP | _ | 20 respect | case |
| 20 | respect | respect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 rising | obl |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 fearfulness | cc |
| 22 | fearfulness | fearfulness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 respect | conj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 rising | punct |
| 24 | approached | approach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 wreathed | parataxis |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 savage | det |
| 26 | savage | savage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 approached | obj |
| 27 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 28 appeared | nsubj |
| 28 | appeared | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 savage | acl:relcl |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 chief | det |
| 30 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 appeared | obj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 placed | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 placed | cc |
| 33 | placed | place | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 approached | conj |
| 34 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 placed | obj |
| 35 | gently | gently | ADV | _ | 33 placed | advmod |
| 36 | on | on | ADP | _ | 38 head | case |
| 37 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 head | nmod:poss |
| 38 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 placed | obl |
| 39 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 41 figure | punct |
| 40 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 41 figure | nmod:poss |
| 41 | figure | figure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 placed | obl |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 ornament | punct |
| 43 | under | under | ADP | _ | 46 ornament | case |
| 44 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 46 ornament | det |
| 45 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 ornament | amod |
| 46 | ornament | ornament | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 placed | obl |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 charmed | punct |
| 48 | so | so | ADV | _ | 49 charmed | advmod |
| 49 | charmed | charm | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 long | conj |
| 50 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 struck | cc |
| 51 | struck | strike | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 49 charmed | conj |
| 52 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 53 followers | nmod:poss |
| 53 | followers | follower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 51 struck | obj |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 threw | punct |
| 55 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 58 threw | mark |
| 56 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 58 threw | nsubj |
| 57 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 56 they | det |
| 58 | threw | throw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 51 struck | parataxis |
| 59 | down | down | ADP | _ | 58 threw | compound:prt |
| 60 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 61 clubs | nmod:poss |
| 61 | clubs | club | NOUN | Number=Plur | 58 threw | obj |
| 62 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 64 formed | punct |
| 63 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 64 formed | cc |
| 64 | formed | form | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 51 struck | conj |
| 65 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 66 dance | det |
| 66 | dance | dance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 formed | obj |
| 67 | of | of | ADP | _ | 68 welcome | case |
| 68 | welcome | welcome | NOUN | Number=Sing | 66 dance | nmod |
| 69 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 70 congratulation | cc |
| 70 | congratulation | congratulation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 68 welcome | conj |
| 71 | round | round | ADP | _ | 73 author | case |
| 72 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 73 author | det |
| 73 | author | author | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 formed | obl |
| 74 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 76 prized | mark |
| 75 | so | so | ADV | _ | 76 prized | advmod |
| 76 | prized | prize | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 73 author | acl:relcl |
| 77 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 78 favour | det |
| 78 | favour | favour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 76 prized | obj |
| 79 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 long | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | past | poverty | long property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | wreathe | past · perfect | maker | a kind of coronet of pretty workmanship | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent kind=Destination | ||||
| 3 | rise | gerund | with respect and fearfulness | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | approach | past | the savage | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent savage=Theme | |||||
| 5 | appear | past | the savage | the chief | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location chief=Theme | ||||
| 6 | place | past | poverty | maker's head | under this new ornament; figure obl; gently property | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme on head=Destination | |||
| 7 | charm | participle | poverty not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 8 | strike | past | poverty not said here | maker's followers | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent follower=Patient | ||||
| 9 | throw down | past | savages = savage | savages's clubs | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent club=Theme | ||||
| 10 | form | past | poverty not said here | a dance of welcome and congratulation | round the author | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location dance=Theme | |||
| 11 | prize | participle | the author not said here | a favour | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer favour=Stimulus | ||||
| 12 | dance | welcome and congratulation | nom dance «communication 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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