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title: The basket-maker’s pity now effaced the remembrance of his suffering… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics
description: The basket-maker’s pity now effaced the remembrance of his sufferings; so he arose and rescued his oppressor, by making signs that he was ignorant of the art; but might, if they thought fit, be usefully employed in waiting on the work, and fetching flags to his supply, as fast as he should want them
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# Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Basket Maker., sentence 21

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The basket-maker’s pity now effaced the remembrance of his sufferings; so he arose and rescued his oppressor, by making signs that he was ignorant of the art; but might, if they thought fit, be usefully employed in waiting on the work, and fetching flags to his supply, as fast as he should want them.

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**Who acts:** pity, maker, savages, basket maker · **What happens:** efface, arise, rescue, make, be, think · **To what, where:** remembrance, oppressor, signs, work, flags, savages

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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 (pity, maker, savages, basket maker), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg62868:11:21
# text = The basket-maker’s pity now effaced the remembrance of his sufferings; so he arose and rescued his oppressor, by making signs that he was ignorant of the art; but might, if they thought fit, be usefully employed in waiting on the work, and fetching flags to his supply, as fast as he should want them.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	maker	maker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	’s	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	pity	pity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
8	effaced	efface	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	remembrance	remembrance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	sufferings	suffering	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	so	so	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	arose	arise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	rescued	rescue	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	conj	_	_
20	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	oppressor	oppressor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
23	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
24	making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	19	advcl	_	_
25	signs	sign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	obj	_	_
26	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	29	mark	_	_
27	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
28	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	cop	_	_
29	ignorant	ignorant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	advcl	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	35	punct	_	_
34	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
35	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
37	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	39	mark	_	_
38	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	39	nsubj	_	_
39	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	_
40	fit	fit	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
42	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	44	aux:pass	_	_
43	usefully	usefully	ADV	RB	_	44	advmod	_	_
44	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	39	conj	_	_
45	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	46	mark	_	_
46	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	44	advcl	_	_
47	on	on	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
51	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
52	fetching	fetch	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	44	advcl	_	_
53	flags	flag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	52	obj	_	_
54	to	to	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
55	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	56	nmod:poss	_	_
56	supply	supply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
58	as	as	ADV	RB	_	59	advmod	_	_
59	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	52	advmod	_	_
60	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	63	mark	_	_
61	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	63	nsubj	_	_
62	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	63	aux	_	_
63	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	59	advcl	_	_
64	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	63	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **efface** | past | the basket maker's pity | the remembrance of maker's sufferings |  |  | now |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remembrance=Patient |
| 2 | **arise** | past | maker |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **rescue** | past | maker *not said here* | maker's oppressor |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oppressor=Theme |
| 4 | **make** | gerund | maker *not said here* | signs |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sign=Product |
| 5 | **is** | past | maker |  |  |  |  | of the art; ignorant *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **think** *speech: other* *a condition, not said to happen* | past | savages *= savage* |  |  |  |  | fit *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **employ** | infinitive · passive | savages *= savage* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | usefully *property* | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP» |
| 8 | **wait** | gerund | savages *= savage* *not said here* |  |  | the work |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on work=Location |
| 9 | **fetch** | gerund | savages *= savage* *not said here* | flags |  |  |  | to maker's supply; fast *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flag=Theme |
| 10 | **want** | should | maker | savages *= savage* |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot they=Theme |
| 11 | **pity** |  | the basket maker |  |  |  |  |  | nom pity «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |
| 12 | **remember** |  |  | maker's sufferings |  |  |  |  | nom remembrance «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
| 13 | **suffer** |  | maker |  |  |  |  |  | nom suffering «state intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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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