Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Basket Maker., sentence 4
A descendant of one of the great men of this happy island, becoming a gentleman to so improved a degree as to despise the good qualities which had originally ennobled his family, thought of nothing but how to support and distinguish his dignity by the pride of an ignorant mind, and a disposition abandoned to pleasure.
Who acts: happy island, descendant · What happens: become, improve, despise, ennoble, think, support · To what, where: gentleman, degree, good qualities, dignity, disposition, ignorant mind
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 (happy island, descendant), 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 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 descendant | det |
| 2 | descendant | descendant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 improved | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 one | case |
| 4 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 descendant | nmod |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 men | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 men | det |
| 7 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 men | amod |
| 8 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 one | nmod |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 island | case |
| 10 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 12 island | det |
| 11 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 island | amod |
| 12 | island | island | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 men | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 becoming | punct |
| 14 | becoming | become | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 12 island | acl |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 gentleman | det |
| 16 | gentleman | gentleman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 becoming | obj |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 one | fixed |
| 18 | so | so | ADV | _ | 19 improved | advmod |
| 19 | improved | improve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 degree | det |
| 21 | degree | degree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 improved | obj |
| 22 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 24 despise | mark |
| 23 | to | to | PART | _ | 24 despise | mark |
| 24 | despise | despise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 improved | advcl |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 qualities | det |
| 26 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 qualities | amod |
| 27 | qualities | quality | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 despise | obj |
| 28 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 31 ennobled | nsubj:pass |
| 29 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 ennobled | aux |
| 30 | originally | originally | ADV | _ | 31 ennobled | advmod |
| 31 | ennobled | ennoble | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 27 qualities | acl:relcl |
| 32 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 family | nmod:poss |
| 33 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 ennobled | obj |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 thought | punct |
| 35 | thought | think | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 27 qualities | acl |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 nothing | case |
| 37 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 35 thought | obl |
| 38 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 41 support | cc |
| 39 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 41 support | advmod |
| 40 | to | to | PART | _ | 41 support | mark |
| 41 | support | support | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 37 nothing | conj |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 distinguish | cc |
| 43 | distinguish | distinguish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 41 support | conj |
| 44 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 45 dignity | nmod:poss |
| 45 | dignity | dignity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 distinguish | obj |
| 46 | by | by | ADP | _ | 48 pride | case |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 pride | det |
| 48 | pride | pride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 distinguish | obl |
| 49 | of | of | ADP | _ | 52 mind | case |
| 50 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 52 mind | det |
| 51 | ignorant | ignorant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 mind | amod |
| 52 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 pride | nmod |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 disposition | punct |
| 54 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 56 disposition | cc |
| 55 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 56 disposition | det |
| 56 | disposition | disposition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 improved | parataxis |
| 57 | abandoned | abandon | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 56 disposition | acl |
| 58 | to | to | PART | _ | 59 pleasure | mark |
| 59 | pleasure | pleasure | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 57 abandoned | xcomp |
| 60 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 improved | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | gerund | this happy island not said here | a gentleman | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Patient gentleman=Result | ||||
| 2 | improve | past | a descendant of one of the great men of this happy island | a degree | a disposition parataxis | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent degree=Patient | |||
| 3 | despise | to-infinitive | a descendant of one of the great men of this happy island not said here | the good qualities | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer quality=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | ennoble | past · perfect · passive | the good qualities | descendant's family obj; originally property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | think speech: other | participle | the good qualities not said here | of nothing | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | support | to-infinitive | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 7 | distinguish | infinitive | descendant's dignity | by the pride of a ignorant mind | vn distinguish-23.5-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.attribute»: agent=Agent dignity=Theme by pride=Attribute | ||||
| 8 | abandon | participle | a disposition not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 9 | pleasure | to-infinitive | tree rules | ||||||
| 10 | pride | a ignorant mind | nom pride «feeling 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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