The grateful elephant, Opening, part 15, sentence 37

Now when he reached the middle of the wilderness, the ogre who lived in the wilderness, thinking, “I will make these men throw away the water they took,” created a car to delight the heart, drawn by pure white young oxen; and surrounded by ten or twelve demons bearing in their hands bow, quiver, shield, and weapon, decked with water-lilies both blue and white, head wet, garments wet, seated in that car like a very lord, the wheels of the car smeared with mud, came down that road from the opposite direction.

Who acts: set, ogre, men, water, ten demons, hands · What happens: reach, live, think, make, throw away, take · To what, where: middle, wilderness, car, heart, weapon · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (set, ogre, men, water), 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	4 reached	advmod
2	when	when	SCONJ	_	4 reached	mark
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 reached	nsubj
4	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 middle	det
6	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reached	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 wilderness	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wilderness	det
9	wilderness	wilderness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 middle	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 ogre	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 ogre	det
12	ogre	ogre	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wilderness	appos
13	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 lived	nsubj
14	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 ogre	acl:relcl
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 wilderness	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 wilderness	det
17	wilderness	wilderness	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 lived	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 thinking	punct
19	thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 reached	conj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 make	punct
21	“	"	PUNCT	_	24 make	punct
22	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	24 make	nsubj
23	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	24 make	aux
24	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 reached	advcl
25	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	26 men	det
26	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 throw	nsubj
27	throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 make	conj
28	away	away	ADV	_	27 throw	advmod
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 water	det
30	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 took	nsubj
31	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 took	nsubj
32	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 throw	parataxis
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 took	punct
34	”	"	PUNCT	_	32 took	punct
35	created	create	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 took	conj
36	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	37 car	det
37	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 created	obj
38	to	to	PART	_	39 delight	mark
39	delight	delight	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	35 created	advcl
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 heart	det
41	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 delight	obj
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 drawn	punct
43	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	41 heart	acl
44	by	by	ADP	_	48 oxen	case
45	pure	pure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 oxen	amod
46	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 oxen	amod
47	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 oxen	amod
48	oxen	ox	NOUN	Number=Plur	43 drawn	obl
49	;	;	PUNCT	_	51 surrounded	punct
50	and	and	CCONJ	_	51 surrounded	cc
51	surrounded	surround	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reached	conj
52	by	by	ADP	_	56 demons	case
53	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	56 demons	nummod
54	or	or	CCONJ	_	55 twelve	cc
55	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	53 ten	conj
56	demons	demon	NOUN	Number=Plur	51 surrounded	obl
57	bearing	bear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	56 demons	acl
58	in	in	SCONJ	_	61 bow	mark
59	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	60 hands	nmod:poss
60	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	61 bow	nsubj
61	bow	bow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	57 bearing	advcl
62	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 quiver	punct
63	quiver	quiver	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 demons	conj
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 shield	punct
65	shield	shield	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 quiver	conj
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 decked	punct
67	and	and	CCONJ	_	70 decked	cc
68	weapon	weapon	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 decked	nsubj:pass
69	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 decked	punct
70	decked	deck	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reached	conj
71	with	with	ADP	_	74 lilies	case
72	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 lilies	compound
73	-	-	PUNCT	_	72 water	punct
74	lilies	lily	NOUN	Number=Plur	76 blue	obl
75	both	both	CCONJ	_	76 blue	cc:preconj
76	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	70 decked	parataxis
77	and	and	CCONJ	_	78 white	cc
78	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	76 blue	conj
79	,	,	PUNCT	_	81 wet	punct
80	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 wet	compound
81	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	76 blue	conj
82	,	,	PUNCT	_	83 garments	punct
83	garments	garment	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reached	conj
84	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	83 garments	xcomp
85	,	,	PUNCT	_	86 seated	punct
86	seated	seat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	83 garments	advcl
87	in	in	ADP	_	89 car	case
88	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	89 car	det
89	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	86 seated	obl
90	like	like	ADP	_	93 lord	case
91	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	93 lord	det
92	very	very	ADV	_	93 lord	advmod
93	lord	lord	NOUN	Number=Sing	89 car	nmod
94	,	,	PUNCT	_	96 wheels	punct
95	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	96 wheels	det
96	wheels	wheel	NOUN	Number=Plur	100 smeared	nsubj
97	of	of	ADP	_	99 car	case
98	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	99 car	det
99	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	96 wheels	nmod
100	smeared	smear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	83 garments	parataxis
101	with	with	ADP	_	102 mud	case
102	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	100 smeared	obl
103	,	,	PUNCT	_	104 came	punct
104	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	100 smeared	conj
105	down	down	ADV	_	104 came	advmod
106	that	that	SCONJ	_	107 road	mark
107	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	104 came	advcl
108	from	from	ADP	_	111 direction	case
109	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	111 direction	det
110	opposite	opposite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	111 direction	amod
111	direction	direction	NOUN	Number=Sing	107 road	nmod
112	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 reached	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reach	past	set	the middle of the wilderness		now		vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent middle=Theme
2	live	past	the ogre		the wilderness			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wilderness=Location
3	think speech: other	gerund	set not said here					vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	make in a quote	future	set					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	throw away in a quote	present	this men				away property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
6	take in a quote	past	the water				men = man nsubj	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
7	create	past	the water not said here	a car				vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Result
8	delight	to-infinitive	the water not said here	the heart				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus heart=Experiencer
9	draw	participle		the heart not said here			by pure white young oxen	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
10	surround	participle	set not said here				by ten demons and quiver and shield	vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
11	bear	gerund	ten demons and quiver and shield not said here					vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
12	bow	present	men's hands					vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
13	deck	participle · passive		weapon				vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination
14	garment	present	set not said here				wet property	tree rules
15	seat	participle	set not said here		that car like a lord			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in car=Location
16	smear	past	the wheels of the car				with mud	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with mud=Theme
17	come down	past	the wheels of the car not said here				road from the opposite direction advcl; down property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 15, sentence 37