--- title: Three months reflection, in this mortified condition, gave a new and… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: Three months reflection, in this mortified condition, gave a new and just turn to our gentleman’s improved ideas; insomuch that, lying weeping and awake one night, he thus confessed his sentiments in favour of the basket-maker. Who acts: months reflection, insomuch, gentleman. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (months reflection, insomuch, gentleman), 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:pg62868:11:25 # text = Three months reflection, in this mortified condition, gave a new and just turn to our gentleman’s improved ideas; insomuch that, lying weeping and awake one night, he thus confessed his sentiments in favour of the basket-maker. 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 compound _ _ 3 reflection reflection NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 7 mortified mortify VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 amod _ _ 8 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 10 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 obj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 just just ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 gentleman gentleman NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ _ 20 improved improve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 amod _ _ 21 ideas idea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 insomuch insomuch NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 24 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 acl:relcl _ _ 27 weeping weeping NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 awake awake ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 30 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nummod _ _ 31 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 thus thus ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 confessed confess VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 sentiments sentiment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 favour favour NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 42 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 maker maker NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mortify** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **give** | past | months reflection and this mortified condition | a new | | | | insomuch *obl* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent new=Theme | | 3 | **turn** | infinitive | months reflection and this mortified condition *not said here* | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **improve** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **lie** | gerund | insomuch | weeping and awake one night | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location weeping=Theme | | 6 | **confess** | past | gentleman | gentleman's sentiments | | favour of the basket maker | | thus *property* | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sentiment=Topic | | 7 | **favour** | | | the basket maker | | | | | nom favour «feeling 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/11/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/11/26/) - ↑ back to [The Basket Maker.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/11/)