The grateful elephant, Opening, part 1, sentence 251

Of the twenty-six stories contained in this book, of eight of which two versions are given, eleven stories or versions of stories (6, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17 _a_, 18 _a_, 19 _a_, 20 _a_, 23 _a_, 24 _a_) are taken from the oldest canonical texts of the Buddhist Sacred Scriptures.

What happens: contain, give, take · To what, where: six stories, book, eleven stories, oldest canonical texts

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: 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Of	of	ADP	_	6 stories	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 stories	det
3	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 six	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 twenty	punct
5	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 stories	nummod
6	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 given	nsubj:pass
7	contained	contain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 stories	acl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 book	case
9	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 book	det
10	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 contained	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 eight	punct
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 eight	case
13	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 contained	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 which	case
15	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	17 versions	det
16	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 versions	nummod
17	versions	version	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 eight	nmod
18	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 given	aux:pass
19	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 given	punct
21	eleven	eleven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	22 stories	nummod
22	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	69 taken	nsubj:pass
23	or	or	CCONJ	_	24 versions	cc
24	versions	version	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 stories	conj
25	of	of	ADP	_	26 stories	case
26	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 versions	nmod
27	(	(	PUNCT	_	28 6	punct
28	6	6	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	26 stories	appos
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 11	punct
30	11	11	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	28 6	nmod:unmarked
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 12	punct
32	12	12	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	28 6	conj
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 13	punct
34	13	13	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	28 6	conj
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 16	punct
36	16	16	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	28 6	appos
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 17	punct
38	17	17	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	28 6	appos
39	_	_	PUNCT	_	41 _	punct
40	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	41 _	det
41	_	_	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 6	conj
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 18	punct
43	18	18	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	28 6	conj
44	_	_	PUNCT	_	46 _	punct
45	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	46 _	det
46	_	_	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 6	conj
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 19	punct
48	19	19	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	28 6	conj
49	_	_	PUNCT	_	51 _	punct
50	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	51 _	det
51	_	_	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 6	conj
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 20	punct
53	20	20	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	28 6	conj
54	_	_	PUNCT	_	56 _	punct
55	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	56 _	det
56	_	_	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 6	conj
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 23	punct
58	23	23	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	28 6	appos
59	_	_	PUNCT	_	61 _	punct
60	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	61 _	det
61	_	_	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 23	conj
62	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 24	punct
63	24	24	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	28 6	parataxis
64	_	_	PUNCT	_	66 _	punct
65	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	66 _	det
66	_	_	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 6	conj
67	)	)	PUNCT	_	28 6	punct
68	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	69 taken	aux:pass
69	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 given	parataxis
70	from	from	ADP	_	74 texts	case
71	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	74 texts	det
72	oldest	old	ADJ	Degree=Sup	74 texts	amod
73	canonical	canonical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	74 texts	amod
74	texts	text	NOUN	Number=Plur	69 taken	obl
75	of	of	ADP	_	79 Scriptures	case
76	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	79 Scriptures	det
77	Buddhist	Buddhist	PROPN	Number=Sing	78 Sacred	compound
78	Sacred	Sacred	PROPN	Number=Sing	79 Scriptures	compound
79	Scriptures	Scripture	PROPN	Number=Plur	74 texts	nmod
80	.	.	PUNCT	_	19 given	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	contain	participle	the six stories not said here	this book	of eight which two versions	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in book=Location
2	give	present · passive	the six stories			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	take	present · passive	eleven stories or versions of stories	the oldest canonical texts of the Sacred Scriptures		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: subject=Theme from text=Initial_Location

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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🌲 The grateful elephant, Opening, part 1, sentence 251

The tree

Pragmatics

The grateful elephant, Opening, part 1, sentence 251