The grateful elephant, Opening, part 2, sentence 28
For example, in the story of _Brahmadatta and the prince_ (6), we read that a high-minded prince generously forgave the murderer of his father and mother, returning good for evil and love for hatred.
Who acts: we, minded prince · What happens: read, forgive, return · To what, where: murderer
This is a sentence of «The grateful elephant» by Eugene Watson Burlingame, Opening, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (we, minded prince), 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 | For | for | ADP | _ | 2 example | case |
| 2 | example | example | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 read | obl |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 example | punct |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 story | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 story | det |
| 6 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 example | nmod |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 Brahmadatta | case |
| 8 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 7 of | punct |
| 9 | Brahmadatta | Brahmadatta | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 story | nmod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 prince | cc |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 prince | det |
| 12 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 Brahmadatta | conj |
| 13 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 15 6 | punct |
| 14 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 15 6 | punct |
| 15 | 6 | 6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 story | appos |
| 16 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 15 6 | punct |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 example | punct |
| 18 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 19 read | nsubj |
| 19 | read | read | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 20 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 27 forgave | mark |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 25 prince | det |
| 22 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 minded | amod |
| 23 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 22 high | punct |
| 24 | minded | minded | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 prince | amod |
| 25 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 forgave | nsubj |
| 26 | generously | generously | ADV | _ | 27 forgave | advmod |
| 27 | forgave | forgive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 read | ccomp |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 murderer | det |
| 29 | murderer | murderer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 forgave | obj |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 father | case |
| 31 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 father | nmod:poss |
| 32 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 murderer | nmod |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 mother | cc |
| 34 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 father | conj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 returning | punct |
| 36 | returning | return | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 27 forgave | advcl |
| 37 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 returning | xcomp |
| 38 | for | for | ADP | _ | 39 evil | case |
| 39 | evil | evil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 returning | obl |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 love | cc |
| 41 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 evil | conj |
| 42 | for | for | ADP | _ | 43 hatred | case |
| 43 | hatred | hatred | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 evil | nmod |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 read | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read | past | we | for example in the story of Brahmadatta and the prince | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | forgive | past | a minded prince | the murderer of Brahmadatta's father and mother | generously property | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent murderer=Theme | |||
| 3 | return | gerund | a minded prince not said here | for evil for hatred and love; good 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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