The grateful elephant, Opening, part 14, sentence 150

And to them the Teacher, as it were a young lion roaring the lion’s roar on a table-land in the Himālaya mountains, as it were a cloud thundering in the rainy season, as it were bringing down the Heavenly Ganges, as it were weaving a rope of jewels, with a voice like that of Great Brahmā, endowed with the Eight Excellences, captivating the ear, delighting the heart, preached a pleasing discourse on the Doctrine, diversified in divers ways.

Who acts: body, young lion, cloud, Teacher, lion · What happens: be, roar, thunder, bring down, weave, endow · To what, where: young lion, roar, table land, Heavenly Ganges, rope, ear

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 (body, young lion, cloud, Teacher), 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	_	80 preached	cc
2	to	to	ADP	_	3 them	case
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	80 preached	obl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Teacher	det
5	Teacher	Teacher	PROPN	Number=Sing	80 preached	nsubj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 lion	punct
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 lion	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 lion	nsubj
9	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 lion	cop
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 lion	det
11	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 lion	amod
12	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 Teacher	appos
13	roaring	roar	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 lion	acl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 lion	det
15	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 roar	nmod:poss
16	’s	's	PART	_	15 lion	case
17	roar	roar	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 roaring	obj
18	on	on	ADP	_	22 land	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 land	det
20	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 land	compound
21	-	-	PUNCT	_	20 table	punct
22	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 roaring	obl
23	in	in	ADP	_	26 mountains	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 mountains	det
25	Himālaya	Himālaya	PROPN	Number=Sing	26 mountains	compound
26	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 land	nmod
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 cloud	punct
28	as	as	ADP	_	32 cloud	case
29	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 cloud	nsubj
30	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 cloud	cop
31	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	32 cloud	det
32	cloud	cloud	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 roaring	obl
33	thundering	thunder	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	32 cloud	acl
34	in	in	ADP	_	37 season	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 season	det
36	rainy	rainy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 season	amod
37	season	season	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 thundering	obl
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 bringing	punct
39	as	as	SCONJ	_	42 bringing	mark
40	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 bringing	nsubj
41	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	42 bringing	aux
42	bringing	bring	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 roaring	conj
43	down	down	ADP	_	46 Ganges	case
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 Ganges	det
45	Heavenly	heavenly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	46 Ganges	amod
46	Ganges	Ganges	PROPN	Number=Sing	42 bringing	obl
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 weaving	punct
48	as	as	SCONJ	_	51 weaving	mark
49	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 weaving	nsubj
50	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	51 weaving	aux
51	weaving	weave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	42 bringing	conj
52	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	53 rope	det
53	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 weaving	obj
54	of	of	ADP	_	55 jewels	case
55	jewels	jewel	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 rope	nmod
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 voice	punct
57	with	with	ADP	_	59 voice	case
58	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	59 voice	det
59	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 weaving	obl
60	like	like	ADP	_	61 that	case
61	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	59 voice	nmod
62	of	of	ADP	_	63 Great	case
63	Great	Great	PROPN	Number=Sing	59 voice	nmod
64	Brahmā	Brahmā	PROPN	Number=Sing	63 Great	flat
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	66 endowed	punct
66	endowed	endow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	59 voice	conj
67	with	with	ADP	_	70 Excellences	case
68	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	70 Excellences	det
69	Eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	70 Excellences	nummod
70	Excellences	excellence	NOUN	Number=Plur	66 endowed	obl
71	,	,	PUNCT	_	72 captivating	punct
72	captivating	captivate	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	42 bringing	conj
73	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	74 ear	det
74	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 captivating	obj
75	,	,	PUNCT	_	76 delighting	punct
76	delighting	delight	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	72 captivating	conj
77	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	78 heart	det
78	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	76 delighting	obj
79	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Teacher	punct
80	preached	preach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
81	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	83 discourse	det
82	pleasing	pleasing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	83 discourse	amod
83	discourse	discourse	NOUN	Number=Sing	80 preached	obj
84	on	on	ADP	_	86 Doctrine	case
85	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	86 Doctrine	det
86	Doctrine	Doctrine	PROPN	Number=Sing	80 preached	obl
87	,	,	PUNCT	_	88 diversified	punct
88	diversified	diversify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	91 ways	amod
89	in	in	ADP	_	90 divers	case
90	divers	diver	NOUN	Number=Plur	88 diversified	obl
91	ways	way	NOUN	Number=Plur	80 preached	obl:unmarked
92	.	.	PUNCT	_	80 preached	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	body	a young lion					tree rules
2	roar	gerund	a young lion not said here	the lion's roar		a table land in the Himālaya mountains			vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location roar=Theme
3	is	past	body					as a cloud	tree rules
4	thunder	gerund	a cloud not said here				season		vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	bring down	past · progressive	body		the Heavenly Ganges				vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument ganges=Destination
6	weave	past · progressive	body	a rope of jewels				with a voice like that of Great	vn build-26.1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material rope=Product
7	endow	participle	body not said here					with the Eight Excellences	vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with excellence=Theme
8	captivate	gerund	body not said here	the ear					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus ear=Experiencer
9	delight	gerund	body not said here	the heart					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus heart=Experiencer
10	preach speech: other	past	the Teacher	a pleasing discourse	offerings = offering	the Doctrine		diversified ways obl:unmarked	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent discourse=Topic to they=Recipient
11	diversify	participle				divers			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
12	roar		the lion						nom roar «event intransitive»: poss=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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The grateful elephant, Opening, part 14, sentence 150