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title: Resolving, at length, that it became not a man of his quality to sub… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics
description: Resolving, at length, that it became not a man of his quality to submit to a restraint in his pleasures, for the ease and convenience of an obstinate mechanic; and having often endeavoured, in vain, to buy out the owner, who was an honest poor basket-maker, and whose livelihood depended on working u
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# Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Basket Maker., sentence 6

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Resolving, at length, that it became not a man of his quality to submit to a restraint in his pleasures, for the ease and convenience of an obstinate mechanic; and having often endeavoured, in vain, to buy out the owner, who was an honest poor basket-maker, and whose livelihood depended on working up the flags of those reeds, in a manner peculiar to himself, the gentleman took advantage of a very high wind, and commanded his servants to burn down the barrier.

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**Who acts:** length, owner, livelihood, gentleman, descendant · **What happens:** resolve, not become, submit, have, endeavour, buy out · **To what, where:** length, man, pleasures, owner, honest poor basket maker, manner peculiar · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (length, owner, livelihood, gentleman), 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:pg62868:11:6
# text = Resolving, at length, that it became not a man of his quality to submit to a restraint in his pleasures, for the ease and convenience of an obstinate mechanic; and having often endeavoured, in vain, to buy out the owner, who was an honest poor basket-maker, and whose livelihood depended on working up the flags of those reeds, in a manner peculiar to himself, the gentleman took advantage of a very high wind, and commanded his servants to burn down the barrier.
1	Resolving	resolve	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	length	length	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	xcomp	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	quality	quality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	submit	submit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	acl	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	restraint	restraint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	pleasures	pleasure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
24	for	for	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	ease	ease	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	appos	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
28	convenience	convenience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	conj	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
30	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	obstinate	obstinate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	mechanic	mechanic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	35	punct	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
35	having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
36	often	often	ADV	RB	_	37	advmod	_	_
37	endeavoured	endeavour	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	35	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
39	in	in	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
40	vain	vain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
42	to	to	PART	TO	_	43	mark	_	_
43	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	40	conj	_	_
44	out	out	ADP	RP	_	43	compound:prt	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	owner	owner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
48	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	55	nsubj	_	_
49	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	55	cop	_	_
50	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
51	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	amod	_	_
52	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	amod	_	_
53	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	53	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	maker	maker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	60	punct	_	_
57	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	60	cc	_	_
58	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	59	nmod:poss	_	_
59	livelihood	livelihood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	nsubj	_	_
60	depended	depend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	35	parataxis	_	_
61	on	on	SCONJ	IN	_	62	mark	_	_
62	working	work	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	60	advcl	_	_
63	up	up	ADP	RP	_	62	compound:prt	_	_
64	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	65	det	_	_
65	flags	flag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	62	obj	_	_
66	of	of	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
67	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	68	det	_	_
68	reeds	reed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	65	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	73	punct	_	_
70	in	in	ADP	IN	_	73	case	_	_
71	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	73	det	_	_
72	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	73	compound	_	_
73	peculiar	peculiar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	obl	_	_
74	to	to	ADP	IN	_	75	case	_	_
75	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	73	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
76	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	79	punct	_	_
77	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	78	det	_	_
78	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	79	nsubj	_	_
79	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	60	conj	_	_
80	advantage	advantage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	79	obj	_	_
81	of	of	ADP	IN	_	85	case	_	_
82	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	85	det	_	_
83	very	very	ADV	RB	_	84	advmod	_	_
84	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	85	amod	_	_
85	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	80	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
86	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	88	punct	_	_
87	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	88	cc	_	_
88	commanded	command	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	79	conj	_	_
89	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	90	nmod:poss	_	_
90	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	88	obj	_	_
91	to	to	PART	TO	_	92	mark	_	_
92	burn	burn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	88	advcl	_	_
93	down	down	ADP	RP	_	92	compound:prt	_	_
94	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	95	det	_	_
95	barrier	barrier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	92	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
96	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **resolve** | gerund |  | length |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **become** | past | length | a man of descendant's quality |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **submit** | to-infinitive | length *not said here* | a man of descendant's quality *not said here* |  | descendant's pleasures |  | to a restraint | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to restraint=Theme |
| 4 | **have** | gerund | length *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **endeavour** | participle | length *not said here* |  |  |  |  | often *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **buy out** | to-infinitive | length *not said here* | the owner and a honest poor basket maker |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent owner=Theme |
| 7 | **is a** | past | the owner and a honest poor basket maker | a honest poor basket maker |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **depend** | past | livelihood |  |  | a manner peculiar to descendant |  |  | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **work up** | gerund | livelihood *not said here* | the flags of that reeds |  |  |  |  | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent flag=Material |
| 10 | **take** | past | the gentleman | advantage of a high wind |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advantage=Theme |
| 11 | **command** | past | the gentleman *not said here* | descendant's servants |  |  |  |  | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent servant=Eventuality |
| 12 | **burn down** | to-infinitive | the gentleman *not said here* | the barrier |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent barrier=Theme |
| 13 | **please** |  | descendant |  |  |  |  |  | nom pleasure «feeling transitive»: 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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