The grateful elephant, Opening, part 15, sentence 21

There will not be a single rut in the road over which I travel; my oxen will eat grass which has not been touched; my men will have leaves for curry which have not been touched; the water will be clear; I can sell my goods at whatever price I choose to set.”

Who acts: single rut, I, oxen, men, water · What happens: not be, travel, eat, not touch, have, be · To what, where: road, grass, leaves, curry, goods, price

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 (single rut, I, oxen, 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	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	4 be	expl
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 be	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 be	advmod
4	be	be	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 rut	det
6	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 rut	amod
7	rut	rut	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 be	nsubj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 road	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 road	det
10	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rut	nmod
11	over	over	ADP	_	12 which	case
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 travel	obl
13	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 travel	nsubj
14	travel	travel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 road	acl:relcl
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	19 eat	punct
16	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 oxen	nmod:poss
17	oxen	ox	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 eat	nsubj
18	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 eat	aux
19	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 be	parataxis
20	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 eat	obj
21	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	25 touched	nsubj:pass
22	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 touched	aux
23	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	25 touched	advmod
24	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	25 touched	aux:pass
25	touched	touch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 grass	acl:relcl
26	;	;	PUNCT	_	30 have	punct
27	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	28 men	nmod:poss
28	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 have	nsubj
29	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	30 have	aux
30	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 eat	conj
31	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 have	obj
32	for	for	ADP	_	33 curry	case
33	curry	curry	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 have	obl
34	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	38 touched	nsubj:pass
35	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	38 touched	aux
36	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	38 touched	advmod
37	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	38 touched	aux:pass
38	touched	touch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	33 curry	acl:relcl
39	;	;	PUNCT	_	44 clear	punct
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 water	det
41	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 clear	nsubj
42	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	44 clear	aux
43	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	44 clear	cop
44	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 have	conj
45	;	;	PUNCT	_	48 sell	punct
46	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	48 sell	nsubj
47	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	48 sell	aux
48	sell	sell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 eat	conj
49	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	50 goods	nmod:poss
50	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	48 sell	obj
51	at	at	ADP	_	53 price	case
52	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	53 price	nsubj
53	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 sell	obl
54	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	55 choose	nsubj
55	choose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	53 price	acl:relcl
56	to	to	PART	_	57 set	mark
57	set	set	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	55 choose	xcomp
58	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 be	punct
59	”	"	PUNCT	_	4 be	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not be	future	a single rut in the road		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	travel	present	I		the road		vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over which=Trajectory
3	eat	future	my oxen	grass			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grass=Patient
4	not touch	present · perfect · passive		grass			vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Theme
5	have	future	my men	leaves		for curry	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Patient
6	not touch	present · perfect · passive		curry			vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Theme
7	is	future	the water			clear property	tree rules
8	sell	can	I	my goods	price whatever		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent goods=Theme at price=Asset
9	choose	present	I	price whatever not said here			tree rules
10	set	to-infinitive	I not said here				vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=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 tree

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The grateful elephant, Opening, part 15, sentence 21