Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Basket Maker., sentence 20
There was not one but shewed the marks of his impatience to be as fine as the captain: so the poor basket-maker had his hands full of employment: and the savages, observing one quite idle, while the other was so busy in their service, took up arms in behalf of natural justice, and began to lay on arguments in favour of their purpose.
Who acts: one, poor basket maker, savages, other · What happens: be, shew, have, observe, take up, begin · To what, where: marks, hands, one, service, arms, behalf
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 (one, poor basket maker, savages, other), 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 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 was | expl |
| 2 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 one | advmod |
| 4 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 was | nsubj |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 shewed | cc |
| 6 | shewed | shew | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 was | conj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 marks | det |
| 8 | marks | mark | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 shewed | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 impatience | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 impatience | nmod:poss |
| 11 | impatience | impatience | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 marks | nmod |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 fine | mark |
| 13 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 15 fine | cop |
| 14 | as | as | ADV | _ | 15 fine | advmod |
| 15 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 impatience | acl |
| 16 | as | as | ADP | _ | 18 captain | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 captain | det |
| 18 | captain | captain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 fine | obl |
| 19 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 26 had | punct |
| 20 | so | so | ADV | _ | 26 had | advmod |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 maker | det |
| 22 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 maker | amod |
| 23 | basket | basket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 maker | compound |
| 24 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 23 basket | punct |
| 25 | maker | maker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 had | nsubj |
| 26 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 was | parataxis |
| 27 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 hands | nmod:poss |
| 28 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 had | obj |
| 29 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 hands | amod |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 employment | case |
| 31 | employment | employment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 full | obl |
| 32 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 35 savages | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 savages | cc |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 savages | det |
| 35 | savages | savage | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 was | nsubj |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 observing | punct |
| 37 | observing | observe | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 35 savages | acl |
| 38 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 37 observing | obj |
| 39 | quite | quite | ADV | _ | 40 idle | advmod |
| 40 | idle | idle | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 one | amod |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 busy | punct |
| 42 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 47 busy | mark |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 other | det |
| 44 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 busy | nsubj |
| 45 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 47 busy | cop |
| 46 | so | so | ADV | _ | 47 busy | advmod |
| 47 | busy | busy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 savages | conj |
| 48 | in | in | ADP | _ | 50 service | case |
| 49 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 50 service | nmod:poss |
| 50 | service | service | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 busy | obl |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 took | punct |
| 52 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 savages | parataxis |
| 53 | up | up | ADP | _ | 52 took | compound:prt |
| 54 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 52 took | obj |
| 55 | in | in | ADP | _ | 56 behalf | case |
| 56 | behalf | behalf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 took | obl |
| 57 | of | of | ADP | _ | 59 justice | case |
| 58 | natural | natural | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 59 justice | amod |
| 59 | justice | justice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 behalf | nmod |
| 60 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 began | punct |
| 61 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 62 began | cc |
| 62 | began | begin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 52 took | conj |
| 63 | to | to | PART | _ | 64 lay | mark |
| 64 | lay | lay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 62 began | xcomp |
| 65 | on | on | ADP | _ | 66 arguments | case |
| 66 | arguments | argument | NOUN | Number=Plur | 64 lay | obl |
| 67 | in | in | ADP | _ | 68 favour | case |
| 68 | favour | favour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 lay | obl |
| 69 | of | of | ADP | _ | 71 purpose | case |
| 70 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 71 purpose | nmod:poss |
| 71 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 68 favour | nmod |
| 72 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 was | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | past | one | there | the savages nsubj | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | shew | past | one not said here | the marks of maker's impatience | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is | to-infinitive | one not said here | as the captain; fine property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | have | past | the poor basket maker | maker's hands | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | ||||
| 5 | observe | gerund | the savages not said here | one | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent one=Topic | ||||
| 6 | is | past | the other | savages's service | busy property | tree rules | |||
| 7 | take up | past | arms | behalf of natural justice | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent arm=Value in behalf=Location | ||||
| 8 | begin | past | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | ||||||
| 9 | lay | to-infinitive | arguments | in favour of savages's purpose | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on argument=Destination | ||||
| 10 | mark | maker's impatience | nom mark «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 11 | service | savages = savage | nom service «act transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 12 | favour | savages's purpose | nom favour «feeling transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 13 | purpose | savages = savage | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: poss=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.
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