Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Basket Maker., sentence 5

He had a house on the sea-side, where he spent great part of his time in hunting and fishing; but found himself at a loss in pursuit of those important diversions, by means of a long slip of marsh land, overgrown with high reeds, that lay between his house and the sea.

Who acts: descendant, high reeds, marsh land · What happens: have, spend, find, mean, overgrow, lie · To what, where: house, sea side, great part, descendant, loss, important diversions

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 (descendant, high reeds, marsh land), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 house	det
4	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	9 side	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 side	det
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 side	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 sea	punct
9	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 spent	punct
11	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	13 spent	advmod
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 spent	nsubj
13	spent	spend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 had	conj
14	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 part	amod
15	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 spent	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 time	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 time	nmod:poss
18	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 part	nmod
19	in	in	ADP	_	20 hunting	case
20	hunting	hunting	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 time	nmod
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 fishing	cc
22	fishing	fishing	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 hunting	conj
23	;	;	PUNCT	_	25 found	punct
24	but	but	CCONJ	_	25 found	cc
25	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 had	parataxis
26	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	25 found	obj
27	at	at	ADP	_	29 loss	case
28	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	29 loss	det
29	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 found	obl
30	in	in	ADP	_	31 pursuit	case
31	pursuit	pursuit	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 loss	nmod
32	of	of	ADP	_	35 diversions	case
33	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	35 diversions	det
34	important	important	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 diversions	amod
35	diversions	diversion	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 pursuit	nmod
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 means	punct
37	by	by	ADP	_	38 means	case
38	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 found	parataxis
39	of	of	ADP	_	42 slip	case
40	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	42 slip	det
41	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 slip	amod
42	slip	slip	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 means	obl
43	of	of	ADP	_	45 land	case
44	marsh	marsh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 land	amod
45	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 slip	nmod
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 overgrown	punct
47	overgrown	overgrow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	42 slip	conj
48	with	with	ADP	_	50 reeds	case
49	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 reeds	amod
50	reeds	reed	NOUN	Number=Plur	47 overgrown	obl
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 lay	punct
52	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	53 lay	nsubj
53	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	50 reeds	acl:relcl
54	between	between	ADP	_	56 house	case
55	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	56 house	nmod:poss
56	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 lay	obl
57	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 sea	cc
58	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 sea	det
59	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 house	conj
60	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	have	past	descendant	a house	the sea side		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Patient
2	spend	past	descendant	great part of descendant's time in hunting and fishing			vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Asset
3	find	past		descendant	a loss in pursuit of that important diversions		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent himself=Theme at loss=Asset
4	mean	present				of a long slip of marsh land	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
5	overgrow	participle				with high reeds	tree rules
6	lie	past	high reeds		descendant's house and the sea		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent between house=Location
7	pursue			that important diversions			nom pursuit «act transitive»: of=patient
8	slip		marsh land				nom slip «act intransitive»: of=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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🌲 Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Basket Maker., sentence 5

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Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Basket Maker., sentence 5