--- title: There was but one way to a remedy, and he took it: for going to the… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: There was but one way to a remedy, and he took it: for going to the capital, with the marks of his hard usage upon him, he threw himself at the feet of the king, and procured a citation for his oppressor’s appearance; who, confessing the charge, proceeded to justify his behaviour by the poor man’s u --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/11/8/) [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/) / 8 # Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Basket Maker., sentence 8 There was but one way to a remedy, and he took it: for going to the capital, with the marks of his hard usage upon him, he threw himself at the feet of the king, and procured a citation for his oppressor’s appearance; who, confessing the charge, proceeded to justify his behaviour by the poor man’s unmindfulness of the submission due from the vulgar to gentlemen of rank and distinction. **Who acts:** one way, way, citation · **What happens:** be, take, go, throw, procure, confess · **To what, where:** remedy, capital, way, feet, citation, charge 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 (one way, way, citation), 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:pg62868:11:8 # text = There was but one way to a remedy, and he took it: for going to the capital, with the marks of his hard usage upon him, he threw himself at the feet of the king, and procured a citation for his oppressor’s appearance; who, confessing the charge, proceeded to justify his behaviour by the poor man’s unmindfulness of the submission due from the vulgar to gentlemen of rank and distinction. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 remedy remedy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 15 for for SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 16 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 capital capital NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 marks mark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 26 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 usage usage NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 28 upon upon ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 33 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 32 obj _ _ 34 at at ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 procured procure VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 citation citation NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 for for ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 oppressor oppressor NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ’s 's PART POS _ 47 case _ _ 49 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ; ; PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 53 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 53 confessing confess VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 44 conj _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 charge charge NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 57 proceeded proceed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 58 to to PART TO _ 59 mark _ _ 59 justify justify VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 xcomp _ _ 60 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 61 nmod:poss _ _ 61 behaviour behaviour NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obj _ _ 62 by by ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 64 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 65 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 66 ’s 's PART POS _ 65 case _ _ 67 unmindfulness unmindfulness NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ _ 68 of of ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 submission submission NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nmod _ _ 71 due due ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 74 case _ _ 72 from from ADP IN _ 71 fixed _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 74 vulgar vulgar NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ _ 75 to to ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 76 gentlemen gentleman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 obl _ _ 77 of of ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 78 rank rank NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 nmod _ _ 79 and and CCONJ CC _ 80 cc _ _ 80 distinction distinction NOUN NN Number=Sing 78 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 81 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | one way to a remedy | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **take** | past | way | remedy | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 3 | **go** | gerund | way *not said here* | | | the capital | | with the marks of way's hard usage upon way | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to capital=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **throw** | past | way | way | | the feet of the king | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent himself=Theme at foot=Destination | | 5 | **procure** | past | | a citation | | | | for way's oppressor's appearance | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent citation=Theme for appearance=Beneficiary | | 6 | **confess** | gerund | a citation | the charge | | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charge=Topic | | 7 | **proceed** | past | | | | | | | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **justify** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | | way's behaviour | gentlemen of rank and distinction | | | by the poor man's unmindfulness of the submission; due the vulgar | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent behaviour=Topic to gentleman=Recipient | | 9 | **mark** | | | way's hard usage upon way | | | | | nom mark «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 10 | **use** | | way | | | | | upon way | nom usage «act transitive»: poss=agent upon=obl | 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/11/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/11/9/) - ↑ back to [The Basket Maker.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/11/)