The grateful elephant, Opening, part 3, sentence 34
So making incisions all round the splinter with a sharp knife, they tied a cord to the splinter, removed the splinter with a pull, let out the pus, washed the wound with hot water, and by applying proper remedies, in no very long time made the wound comfortable.
Who acts: carpenters · What happens: make, tie, remove, let out, wash, apply · To what, where: incisions, cord, splinter, pus, wound, proper remedies
This is a sentence of «The grateful elephant» by Eugene Watson Burlingame, Opening, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (carpenters), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 2 making | advmod |
| 2 | making | make | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 tied | advcl |
| 3 | incisions | incision | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 making | obj |
| 4 | all | all | ADV | _ | 7 splinter | advmod |
| 5 | round | round | ADP | _ | 7 splinter | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 splinter | det |
| 7 | splinter | splinter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 making | obl |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 knife | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 knife | det |
| 10 | sharp | sharp | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 knife | amod |
| 11 | knife | knife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 splinter | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 making | punct |
| 13 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 tied | nsubj |
| 14 | tied | tie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 cord | det |
| 16 | cord | cord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 tied | obj |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 splinter | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 splinter | det |
| 19 | splinter | splinter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 tied | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 removed | punct |
| 21 | removed | remove | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 tied | conj |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 splinter | det |
| 23 | splinter | splinter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 removed | obj |
| 24 | with | with | ADP | _ | 26 pull | case |
| 25 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 pull | det |
| 26 | pull | pull | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 splinter | nmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 let | punct |
| 28 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 21 removed | conj |
| 29 | out | out | ADP | _ | 28 let | compound:prt |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 pus | det |
| 31 | pus | pus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 let | obj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 washed | punct |
| 33 | washed | wash | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 tied | conj |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 wound | det |
| 35 | wound | wound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 washed | obj |
| 36 | with | with | ADP | _ | 38 water | case |
| 37 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 water | amod |
| 38 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 washed | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 made | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 made | cc |
| 41 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 42 applying | mark |
| 42 | applying | apply | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 51 made | advcl |
| 43 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 remedies | amod |
| 44 | remedies | remedy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 applying | obj |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 applying | punct |
| 46 | in | in | ADP | _ | 50 time | case |
| 47 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 50 time | det |
| 48 | very | very | ADV | _ | 49 long | advmod |
| 49 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 time | amod |
| 50 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 applying | obl |
| 51 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 washed | conj |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 wound | det |
| 53 | wound | wound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 made | obj |
| 54 | comfortable | comfortable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 made | xcomp |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 tied | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | gerund | carpenters = carpenter not said here | incisions | round the splinter with a sharp knife | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset incision=Product | |||
| 2 | tie | past | carpenters = carpenter | a cord | to the splinter | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent cord=Patient to splinter=Co-Patient | |||
| 3 | remove | past | carpenters = carpenter not said here | the splinter | with a pull | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent splinter=Theme | |||
| 4 | let out | infinitive | carpenters = carpenter not said here | the pus | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pus=Theme | ||||
| 5 | wash | past | carpenters = carpenter not said here | the wound | with hot water | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent wound=Patient with water=Instrument | |||
| 6 | apply | gerund | proper remedies | time | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remedy=Theme | ||||
| 7 | make | past | carpenters = carpenter not said here | the wound | comfortable property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset wound=Product |
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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