--- title: There was not one but shewed the marks of his impatience to be as fi… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: There was not one but shewed the marks of his impatience to be as fine as the captain: so the poor basket-maker had his hands full of employment: and the savages, observing one quite idle, while the other was so busy in their service, took up arms in behalf of natural justice, and began to lay on ar --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/11/20/) [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/) / 20 # Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Basket Maker., sentence 20 There was not one but shewed the marks of his impatience to be as fine as the captain: so the poor basket-maker had his hands full of employment: and the savages, observing one quite idle, while the other was so busy in their service, took up arms in behalf of natural justice, and began to lay on arguments in favour of their purpose. **Who acts:** one, poor basket maker, savages, other · **What happens:** be, shew, have, observe, take up, begin · **To what, where:** marks, hands, one, service, arms, behalf 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 (one, poor basket maker, savages, other), 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:pg62868:11:20 # text = There was not one but shewed the marks of his impatience to be as fine as the captain: so the poor basket-maker had his hands full of employment: and the savages, observing one quite idle, while the other was so busy in their service, took up arms in behalf of natural justice, and began to lay on arguments in favour of their purpose. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nsubj _ _ 5 but but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 shewed shew VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 marks mark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 impatience impatience NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 cop _ _ 14 as as ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 acl _ _ 16 as as ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 captain captain NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 20 so so ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 22 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 23 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 maker maker NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 29 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 employment employment NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 : : PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 savages savage NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 observing observe VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 35 acl _ _ 38 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 obj _ _ 39 quite quite ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 idle idle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 42 while while SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 nsubj _ _ 45 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 46 so so ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 busy busy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 conj _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 52 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 parataxis _ _ 53 up up ADP RP _ 52 compound:prt _ _ 54 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 obj _ _ 55 in in ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 behalf behalf NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 natural natural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 justice justice NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 62 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 conj _ _ 63 to to PART TO _ 64 mark _ _ 64 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 62 xcomp _ _ 65 on on ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 66 arguments argument NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 obl _ _ 67 in in ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 68 favour favour NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ _ 69 of of ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 71 nmod:poss _ _ 71 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | one | | | there | | the savages *nsubj* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **shew** | past | one *not said here* | the marks of maker's impatience | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | to-infinitive | one *not said here* | | | | | as the captain; fine *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **have** | past | the poor basket maker | maker's hands | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | | 5 | **observe** | gerund | the savages *not said here* | one | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent one=Topic | | 6 | **is** | past | the other | | | savages's service | | busy *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **take up** | past | | arms | | behalf of natural justice | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent arm=Value in behalf=Location | | 8 | **begin** | past | | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 9 | **lay** | to-infinitive | | | | arguments | | in favour of savages's purpose | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on argument=Destination | | 10 | **mark** | | | maker's impatience | | | | | nom mark «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 11 | **service** | | savages *= savage* | | | | | | nom service «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 12 | **favour** | | | savages's purpose | | | | | nom favour «feeling transitive»: of=patient | | 13 | **purpose** | | savages *= savage* | | | | | | nom purpose «cognition 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. - ← previous: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/11/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/11/21/) - ↑ back to [The Basket Maker.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/11/)