The grateful elephant, Opening, part 10, sentence 95
The king, hearing his words, had every one of the nimbs and pot-herbs chopped down, the roots pulled up, the sour earth round about removed, sweet earth put in its place, and the mango fed with milk and water, sweetened water, and perfumed water.
Who acts: king · What happens: hear, have, chop down, pull up, remove, put · To what, where: words, one, pot herbs, roots, sour earth, sweet earth
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 (king), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 king | det |
| 2 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 had | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 hearing | punct |
| 4 | hearing | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 king | acl |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 words | nmod:poss |
| 6 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 hearing | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 king | punct |
| 8 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 one | det |
| 10 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 had | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 nimbs | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 nimbs | det |
| 13 | nimbs | nimb | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 one | nmod |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 herbs | cc |
| 15 | pot | pot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 herbs | compound |
| 16 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 15 pot | punct |
| 17 | herbs | herb | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 nimbs | conj |
| 18 | chopped | chop | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 herbs | acl |
| 19 | down | down | ADP | _ | 18 chopped | compound:prt |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 roots | punct |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 roots | det |
| 22 | roots | root | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 nimbs | conj |
| 23 | pulled | pull | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 22 roots | acl |
| 24 | up | up | ADP | _ | 23 pulled | compound:prt |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 earth | punct |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 earth | det |
| 27 | sour | sour | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 earth | amod |
| 28 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 one | appos |
| 29 | round | round | ADP | _ | 31 removed | mark |
| 30 | about | about | ADV | _ | 31 removed | advmod |
| 31 | removed | remove | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 28 earth | acl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 earth | punct |
| 33 | sweet | sweet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 earth | amod |
| 34 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 earth | conj |
| 35 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 34 earth | acl |
| 36 | in | in | ADP | _ | 38 place | case |
| 37 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 place | nmod:poss |
| 38 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 put | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 fed | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 fed | cc |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 mango | det |
| 42 | mango | mango | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 fed | nsubj:pass |
| 43 | fed | feed | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 had | conj |
| 44 | with | with | ADP | _ | 45 milk | case |
| 45 | milk | milk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 fed | obl |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 water | cc |
| 47 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 milk | conj |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 water | punct |
| 49 | sweetened | sweeten | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 50 water | amod |
| 50 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 milk | conj |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 water | punct |
| 52 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 54 water | cc |
| 53 | perfumed | perfume | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 54 water | amod |
| 54 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 milk | conj |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 had | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | gerund | the king not said here | king's words | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | have | past | the king | every one of the nimbs and pot herbs and the roots | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient | ||||
| 3 | chop down | participle | pot herbs not said here | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 4 | pull up | participle | the roots not said here | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | remove | participle | the sour earth and sweet earth not said here | about property | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | put | participle | sweet earth not said here | mango's place | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in place=Destination | ||||
| 7 | feed | participle · passive | the mango | with milk and water and sweetened water and perfumed water | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 8 | sweeten | participle | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 9 | perfume | participle | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 10 | word | king | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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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