--- title: The place in which they were landed was a marsh; under cover of thos… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: The place in which they were landed was a marsh; under cover of those flags the gentleman was in hopes of concealing himself, and giving the slip to his companion, whom he thought it a disgrace to be found with: but the lights in the galley having giving an alarm to the savages, a considerable body --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/11/15/) [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/) / 15 # Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Basket Maker., sentence 15 The place in which they were landed was a marsh; under cover of those flags the gentleman was in hopes of concealing himself, and giving the slip to his companion, whom he thought it a disgrace to be found with: but the lights in the galley having giving an alarm to the savages, a considerable body of them came down, and discovered in the morning the two strangers in their hiding-place. **Who acts:** place, gentleman, hopes, galley, lights · **What happens:** land, be, conceal, give, think, find · **To what, where:** gallies, place, marsh, hopes, gentleman, slip 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 (place, gentleman, hopes, galley), 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:pg62868:11:15 # text = The place in which they were landed was a marsh; under cover of those flags the gentleman was in hopes of concealing himself, and giving the slip to his companion, whom he thought it a disgrace to be found with: but the lights in the galley having giving an alarm to the savages, a considerable body of them came down, and discovered in the morning the two strangers in their hiding-place. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 obl _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 landed land VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl:relcl _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 marsh marsh NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 under under ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 cover cover NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 16 det _ _ 16 flags flag NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 gentleman gentleman NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 hopes hope NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ _ 22 of of SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 23 concealing conceal VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 21 acl _ _ 24 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 giving give VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 slip slip NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 companion companion NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 obj _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 disgrace disgrace NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 acl _ _ 43 with with ADP IN _ 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 : : PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 45 but but CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 lights light NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 nsubj _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 galley galley NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ _ 51 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 50 acl _ _ 52 giving give VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 51 xcomp _ _ 53 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 alarm alarm NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ _ 55 to to ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 savages savage NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 59 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 60 considerable considerable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 conj _ _ 62 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nmod _ _ 64 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 65 down down ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 67 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 68 discovered discover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 parataxis _ _ 69 in in ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obl _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 73 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 74 nummod _ _ 74 strangers stranger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 68 obj _ _ 75 in in ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 76 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 79 nmod:poss _ _ 77 hiding hiding NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 78 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 77 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 79 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 80 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **land** | past · passive | | gallies *= gally* | | the place | | | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in which=Destination | | 2 | **is a** | past | the place | a marsh and cover of that flags | | | | cover of that flags *conj* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | the gentleman | | | hopes | | | tree rules | | 4 | **conceal** | gerund | hopes *not said here* | gentleman | | | | | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | | 5 | **give** | gerund | hopes *not said here* | the slip | gentleman's companion | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent slip=Theme to companion=Recipient | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | past | gentleman | hopes | | | | slip *obj*; a disgrace *obj* | tree rules | | 7 | **find** | to-infinitive · passive | gentleman *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF» | | 8 | **have** | gerund | the galley *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **give** | gerund | the galley *not said here* | a alarm | the savages | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent alarm=Theme to savage=Recipient | | 10 | **come down** | past | the lights in the galley and a considerable body of gallies | a marsh and cover of that flags *not said here* | | | | down *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location marsh=Theme | | 11 | **discover** | participle | | the two strangers | | gallies's hiding place | morning | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stranger=Topic | 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/11/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/11/16/) - ↑ back to [The Basket Maker.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/11/)