The grateful elephant, Opening, part 10, sentence 31
Accordingly, after demonstrating to the ascetic the magical power of the gem, he said: “Reverend Sir, take this gem and give me the little hatchet.”
Who acts: man, Reverend Sir · What happens: demonstrate, say, take, give · To what, where: magical power, ascetic, gem, little hatchet, man · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The grateful elephant» by Eugene Watson Burlingame, Opening, part 10. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, Reverend Sir), 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 | Accordingly | accordingly | ADV | _ | 16 said | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Accordingly | punct |
| 3 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 4 demonstrating | mark |
| 4 | demonstrating | demonstrate | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 16 said | advcl |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 ascetic | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 ascetic | det |
| 7 | ascetic | ascetic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 demonstrating | obl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 power | det |
| 9 | magical | magical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 power | amod |
| 10 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 demonstrating | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 gem | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 gem | det |
| 13 | gem | gem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 power | nmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 demonstrating | punct |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 said | nsubj |
| 16 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 17 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 22 take | punct |
| 18 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 22 take | punct |
| 19 | Reverend | Reverend | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 Sir | compound |
| 20 | Sir | Sir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 take | nsubj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 Sir | punct |
| 22 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 said | ccomp |
| 23 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 24 gem | det |
| 24 | gem | gem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 take | obj |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 give | cc |
| 26 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 take | conj |
| 27 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 26 give | iobj |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 hatchet | det |
| 29 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 hatchet | amod |
| 30 | hatchet | hatchet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 give | obj |
| 31 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 22 take | punct |
| 32 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 22 take | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | demonstrate | gerund | man not said here | the magical power of the gem | the ascetic | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent power=Topic to ascetic=Recipient | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | man | accordingly property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | take in a quote | infinitive | Reverend Sir | this gem | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gem=Theme | ||||
| 4 | give in a quote | infinitive | Reverend Sir not said here | the little hatchet | man | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient hatchet=Theme |
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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