--- title: Men, women, and children, from all corners of the island, came in dr… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: Men, women, and children, from all corners of the island, came in droves for coronets; and, setting the gentleman to work to gather boughs and poles, made a fine hut to lodge the basket-maker; and brought down daily from the country such provisions as they lived upon themselves, taking care to offer --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/11/24/) [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/) / 24 # Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Basket Maker., sentence 24 Men, women, and children, from all corners of the island, came in droves for coronets; and, setting the gentleman to work to gather boughs and poles, made a fine hut to lodge the basket-maker; and brought down daily from the country such provisions as they lived upon themselves, taking care to offer the imagined servant nothing till his master had done eating. **Who acts:** Men, setting, master · **What happens:** come, set, work, gather, make, lodge · **To what, where:** droves, gentleman, boughs, fine hut, basket maker, country 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 (Men, setting, master), 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:pg62868:11:24 # text = Men, women, and children, from all corners of the island, came in droves for coronets; and, setting the gentleman to work to gather boughs and poles, made a fine hut to lodge the basket-maker; and brought down daily from the country such provisions as they lived upon themselves, taking care to offer the imagined servant nothing till his master had done eating. 1 Men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 10 det _ _ 10 corners corner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 15 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 droves drove NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 coronets coronet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 setting set VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 csubj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 gentleman gentleman NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 acl _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 gather gather VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 30 boughs bough NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 poles pole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 34 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 lodge lodge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 41 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 maker maker NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ; ; PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 47 down down ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 48 daily daily ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 49 from from ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 52 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 provisions provision NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 appos _ _ 54 as as SCONJ IN _ 56 mark _ _ 55 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 advcl _ _ 57 upon upon ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 60 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 56 advcl _ _ 61 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obj _ _ 62 to to PART TO _ 63 mark _ _ 63 offer offer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 60 advcl _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 65 imagined imagine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 67 amod _ _ 66 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 compound _ _ 67 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 63 obj _ _ 68 till till SCONJ IN _ 72 mark _ _ 69 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 70 nmod:poss _ _ 70 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 nsubj _ _ 71 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 72 aux _ _ 72 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 63 advcl _ _ 73 eating eat VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 72 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Men and women and children and all corners of the island | | | droves for coronets | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in drove=Location | | 2 | **set** | gerund | | the gentleman | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient gentleman=Result | | 3 | **work** | to-infinitive | | the gentleman *not said here* | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **gather** | to-infinitive | | boughs and poles | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bough=Theme | | 5 | **make** | past | setting | a fine hut | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset hut=Product | | 6 | **lodge** | to-infinitive | setting *not said here* | the basket maker | | | | | vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme maker=Location | | 7 | **bring down** | past | Men and women and children and all corners of the island *not said here* | | | the country | | daily, down *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from country=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **live** | past | men *= man* | | | | | upon savages *= savage* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon themselves=Location | | 9 | **take** | gerund | men *= man* *not said here* | care | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Theme | | 10 | **offer** | to-infinitive | men *= man* *not said here* | nothing | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme | | 11 | **imagine** | participle | | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 12 | **do** | past · perfect | maker's master | | | | | | tree rules | | 13 | **eat** | gerund | maker's master *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/11/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/11/25/) - ↑ back to [The Basket Maker.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/11/)