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The grateful elephant, Opening, part 1, sentence 242

In comparison with the career of the Future Buddha, devoted to the performance of good works, unselfish, generous to the point of sacrificing his own body and blood,--the career of the monk, isolated from the world, selfish, seeking by meditation to uproot craving for worldly pleasures and life and riches, seemed low and mean.

Who acts: point, selfish · What happens: devote, sacrifice, isolate, seek, uproot, crave · To what, where: comparison, performance, own body, monk, world, good works

This is a sentence of «The grateful elephant» by Eugene Watson Burlingame, Opening, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (point, selfish), 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

caseoblcasedetnmodcasedetcompoundnmodpunctaclcasedetoblcaseamodnmodpunctconjpunctconjcasedetoblmarkaclnmod:possamodobjccconjpunctpunctdetconjcasedetnmodpunctaclcasedetoblpunctconjpunctaclcaseoblmarkxcompxcompcaseamodoblccconjccconjpunctxcompccconjpunctrootInADPcomparisonNOUNwithADPtheDETcareerNOUNofADPtheDETFuturePROPNBuddhaPROPN,PUNCTdevotedVERBtoADPtheDETperformanceNOUNofADPgoodADJworksNOUN,PUNCTunselfishADJ,PUNCTgenerousADJtoADPtheDETpointNOUNofSCONJsacrificingVERBhisPRONownADJbodyNOUNandCCONJbloodNOUN,PUNCT--PUNCTtheDETcareerNOUNofADPtheDETmonkNOUN,PUNCTisolatedVERBfromADPtheDETworldNOUN,PUNCTselfishNOUN,PUNCTseekingVERBbyADPmeditationNOUNtoPARTuprootVERBcravingVERBforADPworldlyADJpleasuresNOUNandCCONJlifeNOUNandCCONJrichesNOUN,PUNCTseemedVERBlowADJandCCONJmeanADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IninADP_2 comparisoncase
2comparisoncomparisonNOUNNumber=Sing61 seemedobl
3withwithADP_5 careercase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 careerdet
5careercareerNOUNNumber=Sing2 comparisonnmod
6ofofADP_9 Buddhacase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 Buddhadet
8FutureFuturePROPNNumber=Sing9 Buddhacompound
9BuddhaBuddhaPROPNNumber=Sing5 careernmod
10,,PUNCT_11 devotedpunct
11devoteddevoteVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass2 comparisonacl
12totoADP_14 performancecase
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 performancedet
14performanceperformanceNOUNNumber=Sing11 devotedobl
15ofofADP_17 workscase
16goodgoodADJDegree=Pos17 worksamod
17worksworkNOUNNumber=Plur14 performancenmod
18,,PUNCT_19 unselfishpunct
19unselfishunselfishADJDegree=Pos17 worksconj
20,,PUNCT_21 generouspunct
21generousgenerousADJDegree=Pos14 performanceconj
22totoADP_24 pointcase
23thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art24 pointdet
24pointpointNOUNNumber=Sing21 generousobl
25ofofSCONJ_26 sacrificingmark
26sacrificingsacrificeVERBVerbForm=Ger24 pointacl
27hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs29 bodynmod:poss
28ownownADJDegree=Pos29 bodyamod
29bodybodyNOUNNumber=Sing26 sacrificingobj
30andandCCONJ_31 bloodcc
31bloodbloodNOUNNumber=Sing29 bodyconj
32,,PUNCT_2 comparisonpunct
33----PUNCT_35 careerpunct
34thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art35 careerdet
35careercareerNOUNNumber=Sing2 comparisonconj
36ofofADP_38 monkcase
37thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art38 monkdet
38monkmonkNOUNNumber=Sing35 careernmod
39,,PUNCT_40 isolatedpunct
40isolatedisolateVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass38 monkacl
41fromfromADP_43 worldcase
42thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art43 worlddet
43worldworldNOUNNumber=Sing40 isolatedobl
44,,PUNCT_45 selfishpunct
45selfishselfishNOUNNumber=Plur35 careerconj
46,,PUNCT_47 seekingpunct
47seekingseekVERBVerbForm=Ger45 selfishacl
48bybyADP_49 meditationcase
49meditationmeditationNOUNNumber=Sing47 seekingobl
50totoPART_51 uprootmark
51uprootuprootVERBVerbForm=Inf47 seekingxcomp
52cravingcraveVERBVerbForm=Ger51 uprootxcomp
53forforADP_55 pleasurescase
54worldlyworldlyADJDegree=Pos55 pleasuresamod
55pleasurespleasureNOUNNumber=Plur52 cravingobl
56andandCCONJ_57 lifecc
57lifelifeNOUNNumber=Sing55 pleasuresconj
58andandCCONJ_59 richescc
59richesrichNOUNNumber=Plur55 pleasuresconj
60,,PUNCT_2 comparisonpunct
61seemedseemVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
62lowlowADJDegree=Pos61 seemedxcomp
63andandCCONJ_64 meancc
64meanmeanADJDegree=Pos62 lowconj
65..PUNCT_61 seemedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1devoteparticiplecomparison with the career of the Future Buddha and the career of the monk and selfish not said hereto the performance of good works goalvn dedicate-79 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent to performance=Goal
2sacrificegerundthe point not said hereGotama's own body and bloodvn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent body=Theme
3isolateparticiplethe monk not said herethe worldvn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from world=Beneficiary
4seekgerundselfish not said hereby meditationtree rules
5uproot not said to happento-infinitiveselfish not said heretree rules
6cravegerundselfish not said herefor worldly pleasures and life and richesvn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for pleasure=Theme
7seempastin comparison with the career of the Future Buddha and the career of the monk and selfish; low propertyvn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Theme in comparison=Attribute
8performgood worksnom performance «communication 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: «The grateful elephant» by Eugene Watson Burlingame, Project Gutenberg book 74064 (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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