The grateful elephant, Opening, part 14, sentence 105

Now when he had proceeded a journey of two or three days, that caravan-leader saw coming in the opposite direction in a chariot drawn by asses, a black man with bloodshot eyes, with ungirt quiver, wearing a garland of lilies, his garments wet, the hair of his head wet, the wheels of his chariot smeared with mud.

Who acts: leader, caravan leader, black man, wheels · What happens: proceed, see, come, draw, wear, smear · To what, where: journey, black man, opposite direction, chariot, garland, two days

This is a sentence of «The grateful elephant» by Eugene Watson Burlingame, Opening, part 14. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (leader, caravan leader, black man, wheels), 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	Now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 proceeded	advmod
2	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	5 proceeded	advmod
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 proceeded	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 proceeded	aux
5	proceeded	proceed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 journey	det
7	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 proceeded	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	12 days	case
9	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 days	nummod
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 three	cc
11	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 two	conj
12	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 journey	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 saw	punct
14	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	17 leader	det
15	caravan	caravan	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 leader	compound
16	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 caravan	punct
17	leader	leader	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 saw	nsubj
18	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 proceeded	parataxis
19	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	18 saw	xcomp
20	in	in	ADP	_	23 direction	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 direction	det
22	opposite	opposite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 direction	amod
23	direction	direction	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 coming	obl
24	in	in	ADP	_	26 chariot	case
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 chariot	det
26	chariot	chariot	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 direction	nmod
27	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	26 chariot	acl
28	by	by	ADP	_	29 asses	case
29	asses	ass	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 drawn	obl
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 man	punct
31	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	33 man	det
32	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 man	amod
33	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 saw	obl
34	with	with	ADP	_	36 eyes	case
35	bloodshot	bloodshot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 eyes	amod
36	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	33 man	nmod
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 quiver	punct
38	with	with	ADP	_	40 quiver	case
39	ungirt	ungirt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 quiver	amod
40	quiver	quiver	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 man	conj
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 wearing	punct
42	wearing	wear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	18 saw	conj
43	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	44 garland	det
44	garland	garland	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 wearing	obj
45	of	of	ADP	_	46 lilies	case
46	lilies	lily	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 garland	nmod
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 wet	punct
48	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	49 garments	nmod:poss
49	garments	garment	NOUN	Number=Plur	50 wet	nsubj
50	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	44 garland	parataxis
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 hair	punct
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 hair	det
53	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 garland	conj
54	of	of	ADP	_	56 head	case
55	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	56 head	nmod:poss
56	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 hair	nmod
57	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	56 head	amod
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 wheels	punct
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 wheels	det
60	wheels	wheel	NOUN	Number=Plur	64 smeared	nsubj
61	of	of	ADP	_	63 chariot	case
62	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	63 chariot	nmod:poss
63	chariot	chariot	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 wheels	nmod
64	smeared	smear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	42 wearing	acl:relcl
65	with	with	ADP	_	66 mud	case
66	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 smeared	obl
67	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 proceeded	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	proceed	past · perfect	leader	a journey of two days		now		tree rules
2	see	past	that caravan leader	a black man with bloodshot eyes and ungirt quiver				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	come	gerund	a black man with bloodshot eyes and ungirt quiver not said here		the opposite direction in a chariot			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in direction=Location
4	draw	participle		a chariot not said here			by asses	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	wear	gerund	that caravan leader not said here	a garland of lilies and the hair of leader's head				vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent garland=Source
6	smear	past	the wheels of leader's chariot				with mud	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with mud=Theme
7	journey			two days				nom journey «act transitive»: of=patient

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 14, sentence 105

The tree

Pragmatics

The grateful elephant, Opening, part 14, sentence 105