The grateful elephant, Opening, part 11, sentence 2

And knowing for a fact that the earth had not collapsed, he took the little hare on his back, went quickly, with the speed of a lion, to the assemblage of animals, informed them of all the facts, reassured the throng of animals by saying, “Fear not,” and released the little hare.

Who acts: hare, fact · What happens: know, not collapse, take, go, inform, reassure · To what, where: earth, little hare, back, assemblage, animals, throng · 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 (hare, fact), 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	And	and	CCONJ	_	2 knowing	cc
2	knowing	know	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 took	advcl
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 fact	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 fact	det
5	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 knowing	obl
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 collapsed	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 earth	det
8	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 collapsed	nsubj:pass
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 collapsed	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 collapsed	advmod
11	collapsed	collapse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 fact	acl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 knowing	punct
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 took	nsubj
14	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 hare	det
16	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 hare	amod
17	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 took	obj
18	on	on	ADP	_	20 back	case
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 back	nmod:poss
20	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 took	obl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 went	punct
22	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 took	conj
23	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	22 went	advmod
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 speed	punct
25	with	with	ADP	_	27 speed	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 speed	det
27	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 went	obl
28	of	of	ADP	_	30 lion	case
29	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	30 lion	det
30	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 speed	nmod
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 assemblage	punct
32	to	to	ADP	_	34 assemblage	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 assemblage	det
34	assemblage	assemblage	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 went	obl
35	of	of	ADP	_	36 animals	case
36	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	34 assemblage	nmod
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 informed	punct
38	informed	inform	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 took	conj
39	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 informed	iobj
40	of	of	ADP	_	43 facts	case
41	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	43 facts	det:predet
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 facts	det
43	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 informed	obl
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 reassured	punct
45	reassured	reassure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 took	conj
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 throng	det
47	throng	throng	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 reassured	obj
48	of	of	ADP	_	49 animals	case
49	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	47 throng	nmod
50	by	by	SCONJ	_	51 saying	mark
51	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	45 reassured	advcl
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 Fear	punct
53	“	"	PUNCT	_	54 Fear	punct
54	Fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 saying	obj
55	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	54 Fear	advmod
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 not	punct
57	”	"	PUNCT	_	54 Fear	punct
58	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 released	cc
59	released	release	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 reassured	conj
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	62 hare	det
61	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	62 hare	amod
62	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 released	obj
63	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 took	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	know	gerund	hare not said here				for a fact	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	not collapse	past · perfect · passive	a fact not said here	the earth				vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
3	take	past	hare	the little hare		hare's back		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hare=Theme on back=Destination
4	go	past	hare not said here			the assemblage of animals	with the speed of a lion; quickly property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to assemblage=Initial_Location
5	inform speech: other	past	hare not said here		animals = animal		of all facts	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent they=Recipient of fact=Topic
6	reassure	past	hare not said here	the throng of animals				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus throng=Experiencer
7	say speech: assert	gerund	hare not said here	Fear				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent fear=Topic
8	release	past	hare not said here	the little hare				vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer hare=Source

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 11, sentence 2

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The grateful elephant, Opening, part 11, sentence 2