--- title: And it continues to this day a custom in that island, to degrade all… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: And it continues to this day a custom in that island, to degrade all gentlemen who cannot give a better reason for their pride, than they were born to do nothing: and the word for this due punishment is, send him to the basket-maker. Who acts: captain, gentlemen, word, islands. 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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 (captain, gentlemen, word, islands), 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:pg62868:11:31 # text = And it continues to this day a custom in that island, to degrade all gentlemen who cannot give a better reason for their pride, than they were born to do nothing: and the word for this due punishment is, send him to the basket-maker. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 continues continue VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 custom custom NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 11 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 degrade degrade VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 15 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 16 det _ _ 16 gentlemen gentleman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 17 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 18 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 20 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 acl:relcl _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 23 amod _ _ 23 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 pride pride NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 than than SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 parataxis _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 : : PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 42 det _ _ 41 due due ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 punishment punishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 43 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 45 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 49 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 50 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 maker maker NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **continue** | present | captain | | | | day | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **degrade** | to-infinitive | captain *not said here* | all gentlemen | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent gentleman=Patient | | 3 | **not** **give** | can | all gentlemen | a better reason | | | | for islands's pride | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent reason=Theme for pride=Asset | | 4 | **bear** | past · passive | | islands *= island* | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **do** | to-infinitive | | nothing | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality | | 6 | **is** | present | the word for this due punishment | | | | | to the basket maker; gentleman *obj*; send *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **pride** | | islands *= island* | | | | | | nom pride «feeling transitive»: 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/11/30/) - next →: [The Story of Almet., 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/12/1/) - ↑ back to [The Basket Maker.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/11/)