The grateful elephant, Opening, part 2, sentence 34
But in the later versions he is identified in turn with a wise ascetic (17 _b_, 18 _b_), a wise partridge (19 _b_), a wise quail (20 _b_), an honest dicer (23 _b_), and a wise caravan-leader (24 _b_).
What happens: identify · To what, where: Buddha, later versions
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: 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 identified | cc |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 versions | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 versions | det |
| 4 | later | late | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 versions | amod |
| 5 | versions | version | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 identified | obl |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 identified | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 identified | aux:pass |
| 8 | identified | identify | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 turn | case |
| 10 | turn | turn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 identified | obl |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 ascetic | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 ascetic | det |
| 13 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 ascetic | amod |
| 14 | ascetic | ascetic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 turn | nmod |
| 15 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 16 17 | punct |
| 16 | 17 | 17 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 14 ascetic | appos |
| 17 | _ | _ | SYM | _ | 18 b | punct |
| 18 | b | B | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 17 | flat |
| 19 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 16 17 | punct |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 18 | punct |
| 21 | 18 | 18 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 16 17 | conj |
| 22 | _ | _ | SYM | _ | 23 b | punct |
| 23 | b | B | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 18 | flat |
| 24 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 16 17 | punct |
| 25 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 16 17 | punct |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 partridge | punct |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 29 partridge | det |
| 28 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 partridge | amod |
| 29 | partridge | partridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 turn | conj |
| 30 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 31 19 | punct |
| 31 | 19 | 19 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 29 partridge | appos |
| 32 | _ | _ | SYM | _ | 33 b | punct |
| 33 | b | B | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 19 | flat |
| 34 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 31 19 | punct |
| 35 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 31 19 | punct |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 quail | punct |
| 37 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 39 quail | det |
| 38 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 quail | amod |
| 39 | quail | quail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 turn | conj |
| 40 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 41 20 | punct |
| 41 | 20 | 20 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 39 quail | appos |
| 42 | _ | _ | SYM | _ | 43 b | punct |
| 43 | b | B | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 20 | nmod:unmarked |
| 44 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 41 20 | punct |
| 45 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 41 20 | punct |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 dicer | punct |
| 47 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 49 dicer | det |
| 48 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 dicer | amod |
| 49 | dicer | dicer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 turn | conj |
| 50 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 51 23 | punct |
| 51 | 23 | 23 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 49 dicer | appos |
| 52 | _ | _ | SYM | _ | 53 b | punct |
| 53 | b | B | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 23 | nmod:unmarked |
| 54 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 53 b | punct |
| 55 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 51 23 | punct |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 leader | punct |
| 57 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 62 leader | cc |
| 58 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 62 leader | det |
| 59 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 62 leader | amod |
| 60 | caravan | caravan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 leader | compound |
| 61 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 60 caravan | punct |
| 62 | leader | leader | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 identified | obl |
| 63 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 64 24 | punct |
| 64 | 24 | 24 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 62 leader | appos |
| 65 | _ | _ | SYM | _ | 66 b | punct |
| 66 | b | B | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 24 | conj |
| 67 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 64 24 | punct |
| 68 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 64 24 | punct |
| 69 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 identified | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | present · passive | Buddha | the later versions | in turn with a wise ascetic and a wise partridge and a wise quail and a honest dicer; a wise caravan leader obl | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=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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