The grateful elephant, Opening, part 11, sentence 126
On the third day the ascetic said to the dragon-king just as he came out of the water: “This is the third day I have asked; give me this jewel now.”
Who acts: ascetic, king, This · What happens: say, come out, be, ask, give · To what, where: dragon king, water, third day, jewel, ascetic · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The grateful elephant» by Eugene Watson Burlingame, Opening, part 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (ascetic, king, This), 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 | On | on | ADP | _ | 4 day | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 day | det |
| 3 | third | third | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 day | amod |
| 4 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 said | obl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 ascetic | det |
| 6 | ascetic | ascetic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 said | nsubj |
| 7 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 king | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 king | det |
| 10 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 king | compound |
| 11 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 dragon | punct |
| 12 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 said | obl |
| 13 | just | just | ADV | _ | 16 came | advmod |
| 14 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 16 came | mark |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 came | nsubj |
| 16 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 said | conj |
| 17 | out | out | ADP | _ | 20 water | case |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 water | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 water | det |
| 20 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 came | obl |
| 21 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 27 day | punct |
| 22 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 27 day | punct |
| 23 | This | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 27 day | nsubj |
| 24 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 27 day | cop |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 day | det |
| 26 | third | third | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 27 day | amod |
| 27 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 came | obl:unmarked |
| 28 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 30 asked | nsubj |
| 29 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 30 asked | aux |
| 30 | asked | ask | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 27 day | acl:relcl |
| 31 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 32 give | punct |
| 32 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 said | ccomp |
| 33 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 32 give | iobj |
| 34 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 35 jewel | det |
| 35 | jewel | jewel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 give | obj |
| 36 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 32 give | advmod |
| 37 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 32 give | punct |
| 38 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 32 give | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the ascetic | the dragon king | day | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to king=Recipient clause=Topic | |||
| 2 | come out | past | king | the water | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient water=Result | ||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | This | the third day | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | ask speech: ask in a quote | present · perfect | the ascetic = ascetic | the third day not said here | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent day=Recipient | ||||
| 5 | give in a quote | infinitive | this jewel | the ascetic = ascetic | now | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient jewel=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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