--- title: Here the king, discontinuing his speech, fixed an eye of indignation… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: Here the king, discontinuing his speech, fixed an eye of indignation on a sullen resentment of mien which he observed in the haughty offender, who muttered out his dislike of the encouragement this way of thinking must give to the commonality, who, he said, were to be considered as persons of no con --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/11/12/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Oriental tales, for the entertainment…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/) / [The Basket Maker.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/11/) / 12 # Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Basket Maker., sentence 12 Here the king, discontinuing his speech, fixed an eye of indignation on a sullen resentment of mien which he observed in the haughty offender, who muttered out his dislike of the encouragement this way of thinking must give to the commonality, who, he said, were to be considered as persons of no consequence, in comparison of men who were born to be honoured. **Who acts:** king, sullen resentment, haughty offender, way, commonality, distinction · **What happens:** discontinue, fix, observe, mutter out, think, give · **To what, where:** speech, eye, haughty offender, dislike, encouragement, comparison · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (king, sullen resentment, haughty offender, way), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg62868:11:12 # text = Here the king, discontinuing his speech, fixed an eye of indignation on a sullen resentment of mien which he observed in the haughty offender, who muttered out his dislike of the encouragement this way of thinking must give to the commonality, who, he said, were to be considered as persons of no consequence, in comparison of men who were born to be honoured. 1 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 discontinuing discontinue VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 speech speech NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 fixed fix VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 10 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 indignation indignation NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 sullen sullen ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 resentment resentment NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 mien mien NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 observed observe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 haughty haughty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 offender offender NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 29 muttered mutter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 30 out out ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 dislike dislike NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 encouragement encouragement NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 37 det _ _ 37 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 38 of of SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 39 thinking think VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 37 acl _ _ 40 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 acl:relcl _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 commonality commonality NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 49 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 51 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 aux:pass _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 54 mark _ _ 53 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 54 aux:pass _ _ 54 considered consider VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 advcl _ _ 55 as as ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 obl _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 59 det _ _ 59 consequence consequence NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 61 in in ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 comparison comparison NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 63 of of ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 nmod _ _ 65 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 67 nsubj:pass _ _ 66 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 67 aux:pass _ _ 67 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 64 acl:relcl _ _ 68 to to PART TO _ 70 mark _ _ 69 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 70 aux:pass _ _ 70 honoured honour VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 67 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **discontinue** | gerund | the king *not said here* | distinction's speech | | | | | vn stop-55.4 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector speech=Eventuality | | 2 | **fix** | participle | the king *not said here* | a eye of indignation on a sullen resentment of mien | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | | 3 | **observe** | past | a sullen resentment of mien | | | the haughty offender | | distinction *nsubj* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **mutter out** *speech: assert* | past | the haughty offender | distinction's dislike of the encouragement | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dislike=Topic | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | this way *not said here* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **give** | must | this way | the encouragement *not said here* | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent encouragement=Theme | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the commonality | | | | | distinction *nsubj* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **consider** | past · passive | this way *not said here* | | | comparison of men | | to the commonality; as persons of no consequence | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S» | | 9 | **bear** | past · passive | | men | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **honour** | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **speak** | | distinction | | | | | | nom speech «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 13 | **resent** | | | mien | | | | | nom resentment «feeling transitive»: of=patient | | 14 | **dislike** | | distinction | the encouragement | | | | | nom dislike «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient | | 15 | **compare** | | | men | | | | | nom comparison «act 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. - ← previous: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/11/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/11/13/) - ↑ back to [The Basket Maker.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/11/)