The grateful elephant, Opening, part 15, sentence 122
On the following day, very early in the morning, he had his men do all their chores, feed the oxen, discard the weak carts, substitute strong ones, throw away goods of little value, substitute those of great value.
Who acts: particle, men · What happens: follow, have, do, feed, substitute, throw away · To what, where: chores, oxen, strong ones, goods, those
This is a sentence of «The grateful elephant» by Eugene Watson Burlingame, Opening, part 15. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (particle, men), 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 | On | on | ADP | _ | 4 day | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 day | det |
| 3 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 day | amod |
| 4 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 had | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 morning | punct |
| 6 | very | very | ADV | _ | 7 early | advmod |
| 7 | early | early | ADV | Degree=Pos | 10 morning | advmod |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 morning | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 morning | det |
| 10 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 day | parataxis |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 day | punct |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 had | nsubj |
| 13 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 men | nmod:poss |
| 15 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 do | nsubj |
| 16 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 had | ccomp |
| 17 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 19 chores | det:predet |
| 18 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 chores | nmod:poss |
| 19 | chores | chore | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 do | obj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 feed | punct |
| 21 | feed | feed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 do | parataxis |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 oxen | det |
| 23 | oxen | oxen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 feed | obj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 discard | punct |
| 25 | discard | discard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 oxen | conj |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 carts | det |
| 27 | weak | weak | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 carts | amod |
| 28 | carts | cart | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 feed | obj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 substitute | punct |
| 30 | substitute | substitute | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 feed | conj |
| 31 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 ones | amod |
| 32 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 substitute | obj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 throw | punct |
| 34 | throw | throw | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 30 substitute | parataxis |
| 35 | away | away | ADV | _ | 34 throw | advmod |
| 36 | goods | goods | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 34 throw | obj |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 value | case |
| 38 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 value | amod |
| 39 | value | value | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 goods | nmod |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 substitute | punct |
| 41 | substitute | substitute | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 34 throw | conj |
| 42 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 41 substitute | obj |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 value | case |
| 44 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 value | amod |
| 45 | value | value | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 those | nmod |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 had | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | have | past | particle | day | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | do | present | particle's men | men's chores | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chore=Eventuality | ||||
| 4 | feed | present | the oxen and discard | the weak carts obj | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent oxen=Recipient cart=Theme | ||||
| 5 | substitute | present | strong ones | vn substitute-13.6.2 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Theme one=Location | |||||
| 6 | throw away | infinitive | goods of little value | away property | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goods=Theme | ||||
| 7 | substitute | infinitive | those of great value | vn substitute-13.6.2 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Theme that=Location |
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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