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title: These he piled up in a large open basket, and having made choice of… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics
description: These he piled up in a large open basket, and having made choice of a very little shop, placed the basket at his feet, and leaned his back upon the wall, in expectation of customers. Who acts: These, having. A sentence of «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, The Story of Al
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# Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth, The Story of Alnaschar., sentence 11

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These he piled up in a large open basket, and having made choice of a very little shop, placed the basket at his feet, and leaned his back upon the wall, in expectation of customers.

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**Who acts:** These, having · **What happens:** pile up, have, make, place, learn, expect · **To what, where:** large open basket, made choice, basket, feet, back, expectation

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This is a sentence of «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, The Story of Alnaschar.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (These, having), 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:pg62868:16:11
# text = These he piled up in a large open basket, and having made choice of a very little shop, placed the basket at his feet, and leaned his back upon the wall, in expectation of customers.
1	These	this	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	piled	pile	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
12	having	have	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	21	csubj	_	_
13	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	amod	_	_
14	choice	choice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
17	very	very	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
21	placed	place	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	_
24	at	at	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
29	leaned	learn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
30	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	31	nmod:poss	_	_
31	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obj	_	_
32	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
36	in	in	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	expectation	expectation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	_
38	of	of	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
39	customers	customer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pile up** | past | These |  |  | a large open basket |  | Alnaschar *nsubj* | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in basket=Destination |
| 2 | **have** | gerund |  | made choice of a little shop |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent choice=Patient |
| 3 | **make** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 4 | **place** | past | having | the basket |  | Alnaschar's feet |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent basket=Theme at foot=Destination |
| 5 | **learn** | past | These *not said here* | Alnaschar's back |  | expectation of customers |  | upon the wall | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent back=Topic |
| 6 | **expect** |  |  | customers |  |  |  |  | nom expectation «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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