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The grateful elephant, Opening, part 13, sentence 78

Having related this parable, he joined the connection and identified the personages in the Birth-story as follows: “But the wise man who uttered the stanza and departed on that occasion was I myself.”

Who acts: Parable, wise man · What happens: have, relate, join, identify, follow, utter · To what, where: parable, connection, personages, Birth story, stanza, occasion

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 (Parable, wise man), 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

advclxcompdetobjpunctnsubjdetobjccconjdetobjcasedetcompoundpunctoblmarkadvclpunctpunctccdetamodnsubjnsubjacl:relcldetobjccconjcasedetoblcopnsubjoblpunctpunctrootHavingVERBrelatedVERBthisDETparableNOUN,PUNCThePRONjoinedVERBtheDETconnectionNOUNandCCONJidentifiedVERBtheDETpersonagesNOUNinADPtheDETBirthNOUN-PUNCTstoryNOUNasSCONJfollowsVERB:PUNCT“PUNCTButCCONJtheDETwiseADJmanNOUNwhoPRONutteredVERBtheDETstanzaNOUNandCCONJdepartedVERBonADPthatDEToccasionNOUNwasAUXIPRONmyselfPRON.PUNCT”PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HavinghaveVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part7 joinedadvcl
2relatedrelateVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass1 Havingxcomp
3thisthisDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem4 parabledet
4parableparableNOUNNumber=Sing2 relatedobj
5,,PUNCT_1 Havingpunct
6hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 joinednsubj
7joinedjoinVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 connectiondet
9connectionconnectionNOUNNumber=Sing7 joinedobj
10andandCCONJ_11 identifiedcc
11identifiedidentifyVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 joinedconj
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 personagesdet
13personagespersonageNOUNNumber=Plur11 identifiedobj
14ininADP_18 storycase
15thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art18 storydet
16BirthbirthNOUNNumber=Sing18 storycompound
17--PUNCT_16 Birthpunct
18storystoryNOUNNumber=Sing11 identifiedobl
19asasSCONJ_20 followsmark
20followsfollowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin38 myselfadvcl
21::PUNCT_20 followspunct
22“"PUNCT_26 manpunct
23ButbutCCONJ_26 mancc
24thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art26 mandet
25wisewiseADJDegree=Pos26 manamod
26manmanNOUNNumber=Sing38 myselfnsubj
27whowhoPRONPronType=Rel28 utterednsubj
28utteredutterVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin26 manacl:relcl
29thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art30 stanzadet
30stanzastanzaNOUNNumber=Sing28 utteredobj
31andandCCONJ_32 departedcc
32departeddepartVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass28 utteredconj
33ononADP_35 occasioncase
34thatthatDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem35 occasiondet
35occasionoccasionNOUNNumber=Sing32 departedobl
36wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin38 myselfcop
37IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs38 myselfnsubj
38myselfmyselfPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes11 identifiedobl
39..PUNCT_7 joinedpunct
40”"PUNCT_7 joinedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1havegerundParable not said heretree rules
2relateparticipleParable not said herethis parablevn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parable=Theme
3joinpastParablethe connectionvn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent connection=Patient
4identifypastParable not said herethe personagesthe Birth storyvn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent personage=Theme
5followpresentthe wise man not said herevn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6utter speech: other in a quotepastthe wise manthe stanzavn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent stanza=Topic
7depart in a quoteparticiplethe wise man not said herethat occasionvn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8is a in a quotepastthe wise manthe Teacher = teacherI nsubjtree rules

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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