--- title: “But pray,” replied the king, “what distinction of rank had the gran… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: “But pray,” replied the king, “what distinction of rank had the grand-father of your father, when, being a cleaver of wood in the palace of my ancestors, he was raised from among those vulgar you speak of with such contempt, in reward for an instance he gave of his courage and loyalty in defence of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/11/9/) [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/) / 9 # Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Basket Maker., sentence 9 “But pray,” replied the king, “what distinction of rank had the grand-father of your father, when, being a cleaver of wood in the palace of my ancestors, he was raised from among those vulgar you speak of with such contempt, in reward for an instance he gave of his courage and loyalty in defence of his master? **Who acts:** king, distinction, you, reward · **What happens:** pray, reply, have, be, raise, speak · **To what, where:** grand father, cleaver, palace, distinction, those, rank · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (king, distinction, you, reward), 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:pg62868:11:9 # text = “But pray,” replied the king, “what distinction of rank had the grand-father of your father, when, being a cleaver of wood in the palace of my ancestors, he was raised from among those vulgar you speak of with such contempt, in reward for an instance he gave of his courage and loyalty in defence of his master? 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 12 det _ _ 12 distinction distinction NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 rank rank NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 15 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 grand grand ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 cop _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 cleaver cleaver NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 ancestors ancestor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 raised raise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 parataxis _ _ 41 from from ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 among among ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 40 obl _ _ 44 vulgar vulgar ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 speak speak VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 acl:relcl _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 with with ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 contempt contempt NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 in in ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 reward reward NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ _ 54 for for ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 instance instance NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod _ _ 57 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 58 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 61 nmod:poss _ _ 61 courage courage NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 63 loyalty loyalty NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 conj _ _ 64 in in ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 65 defence defence NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nmod _ _ 66 of of ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 68 nmod:poss _ _ 68 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 69 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pray** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **reply** *speech: ask* | past | the king | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **have** *in a quote* | past | what distinction of rank | the grand father of your father and a cleaver | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Patient | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | gerund | what distinction of rank *not said here* | a cleaver | | the palace of my ancestors | | of wood | tree rules | | 5 | **raise** *in a quote* | past · passive | | distinction | | those of such contempt | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme from that=Destination | | 6 | **speak** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **give** *in a quote* | past | reward for a instance | | | | | of distinction's courage in defence of distinction's master and loyalty; distinction *nsubj* | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **distinguish** *in a quote* | | | rank | | | | | nom distinction «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **defend** *in a quote* | | | distinction's master | | | | | nom defence «process 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/11/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/11/10/) - ↑ back to [The Basket Maker.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/11/)