The grateful elephant, Opening, part 13, sentence 51
The rest of the inhabitants, being wise men, seeing the Exalted One, erected a pavilion at the village-gate, gave abundant alms to the Congregation of Monks presided over by the Buddha, saluted the Teacher, and sat down.
Who acts: rest · What happens: be, see, exalt, erect, give, preside over · To what, where: wise men, One, pavilion, village gate, abundant alms, Congregation
This is a sentence of «The grateful elephant» by Eugene Watson Burlingame, Opening, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (rest), 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 rest | det |
| 2 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 erected | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 inhabitants | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 inhabitants | det |
| 5 | inhabitants | inhabitant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 rest | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 men | punct |
| 7 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 men | cop |
| 8 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 men | amod |
| 9 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 inhabitants | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 seeing | punct |
| 11 | seeing | see | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 rest | conj |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Exalted | det |
| 13 | Exalted | exalt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 seeing | xcomp |
| 14 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 Exalted | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 rest | punct |
| 16 | erected | erect | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 pavilion | det |
| 18 | pavilion | pavilion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 erected | obj |
| 19 | at | at | ADP | _ | 23 gate | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 gate | det |
| 21 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 gate | compound |
| 22 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 21 village | punct |
| 23 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 erected | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 gave | punct |
| 25 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 erected | parataxis |
| 26 | abundant | abundant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 alms | amod |
| 27 | alms | alm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 gave | obj |
| 28 | to | to | ADP | _ | 30 Congregation | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 Congregation | det |
| 30 | Congregation | congregation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 gave | obl |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 Monks | case |
| 32 | Monks | monk | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 Congregation | nmod |
| 33 | presided | preside | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 32 Monks | acl |
| 34 | over | over | ADV | _ | 33 presided | advmod |
| 35 | by | by | ADP | _ | 37 Buddha | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 Buddha | det |
| 37 | Buddha | Buddha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 presided | obl |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 saluted | punct |
| 39 | saluted | salute | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 gave | conj |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 Teacher | det |
| 41 | Teacher | Teacher | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 saluted | obj |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 sat | punct |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 sat | cc |
| 44 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 erected | conj |
| 45 | down | down | ADP | _ | 44 sat | compound:prt |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 erected | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | gerund | the rest of the inhabitants and wise men not said here | wise men | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | see | gerund | the rest of the inhabitants and wise men not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | exalt | participle | the rest of the inhabitants and wise men not said here | One | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | erect | past | the rest of the inhabitants and wise men | a pavilion | the village gate | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pavilion=Product | |||
| 5 | give | past | abundant alms | the Congregation of Monks | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent alm=Theme to congregation=Recipient | ||||
| 6 | preside over | participle | Monks not said here | by the Buddha; over property | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.predicate»: agent=Agent by buddha=Eventuality | ||||
| 7 | salute | past | the Teacher | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teacher=Topic | |||||
| 8 | sit down | past | the rest of the inhabitants and wise men not said here | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=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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