Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Basket Maker., sentence 21
The basket-maker’s pity now effaced the remembrance of his sufferings; so he arose and rescued his oppressor, by making signs that he was ignorant of the art; but might, if they thought fit, be usefully employed in waiting on the work, and fetching flags to his supply, as fast as he should want them.
Who acts: pity, maker, savages, basket maker · What happens: efface, arise, rescue, make, be, think · To what, where: remembrance, oppressor, signs, work, flags, 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 (pity, maker, savages, 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 | 6 pity | nmod:poss |
| 5 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 4 maker | case |
| 6 | pity | pity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 effaced | nsubj |
| 7 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 effaced | advmod |
| 8 | effaced | efface | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 remembrance | det |
| 10 | remembrance | remembrance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 effaced | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 sufferings | case |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 sufferings | nmod:poss |
| 13 | sufferings | suffering | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 remembrance | nmod |
| 14 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 17 arose | punct |
| 15 | so | so | ADV | _ | 17 arose | advmod |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 arose | nsubj |
| 17 | arose | arise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 effaced | conj |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 rescued | cc |
| 19 | rescued | rescue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 arose | conj |
| 20 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 oppressor | nmod:poss |
| 21 | oppressor | oppressor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 rescued | obj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 making | punct |
| 23 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 24 making | mark |
| 24 | making | make | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 19 rescued | advcl |
| 25 | signs | sign | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 making | obj |
| 26 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 29 ignorant | mark |
| 27 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 ignorant | nsubj |
| 28 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 ignorant | cop |
| 29 | ignorant | ignorant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 making | advcl |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 art | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 art | det |
| 32 | art | art | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 ignorant | obl |
| 33 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 35 might | punct |
| 34 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 35 might | cc |
| 35 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 effaced | advcl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 thought | punct |
| 37 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 39 thought | mark |
| 38 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 thought | nsubj |
| 39 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 effaced | parataxis |
| 40 | fit | fit | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 thought | xcomp |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 employed | punct |
| 42 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 44 employed | aux:pass |
| 43 | usefully | usefully | ADV | _ | 44 employed | advmod |
| 44 | employed | employ | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 39 thought | conj |
| 45 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 46 waiting | mark |
| 46 | waiting | wait | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 44 employed | advcl |
| 47 | on | on | ADP | _ | 49 work | case |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 work | det |
| 49 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 waiting | obl |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 fetching | punct |
| 51 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 52 fetching | cc |
| 52 | fetching | fetch | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 44 employed | advcl |
| 53 | flags | flag | NOUN | Number=Plur | 52 fetching | obj |
| 54 | to | to | ADP | _ | 56 supply | case |
| 55 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 56 supply | nmod:poss |
| 56 | supply | supply | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 fetching | obl |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 59 fast | punct |
| 58 | as | as | ADV | _ | 59 fast | advmod |
| 59 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 52 fetching | advmod |
| 60 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 63 want | mark |
| 61 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 63 want | nsubj |
| 62 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 63 want | aux |
| 63 | want | want | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 59 fast | advcl |
| 64 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 63 want | obj |
| 65 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 effaced | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | efface | past | the basket maker's pity | the remembrance of maker's sufferings | now | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remembrance=Patient | |||
| 2 | arise | past | maker | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | rescue | past | maker not said here | maker's oppressor | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oppressor=Theme | ||||
| 4 | make | gerund | maker not said here | signs | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sign=Product | ||||
| 5 | is | past | maker | of the art; ignorant property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | think speech: other a condition, not said to happen | past | savages = savage | fit property | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | employ | infinitive · passive | savages = savage not said here | usefully property | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP» | ||||
| 8 | wait | gerund | savages = savage not said here | the work | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on work=Location | ||||
| 9 | fetch | gerund | savages = savage not said here | flags | to maker's supply; fast property | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flag=Theme | |||
| 10 | want | should | maker | savages = savage | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot they=Theme | ||||
| 11 | pity | the basket maker | nom pity «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 12 | remember | maker's sufferings | nom remembrance «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 13 | suffer | maker | nom suffering «state 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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