The grateful elephant, Opening, part 3, sentence 62

When, however, pairs of cloths had been given to all of the carpenters, when under-garments had been given to the carpenters’ wives, and when the proper attentions had been paid to the children he had played with, then the elephant turned around, and eyeing the carpenters and their wives and their children as he went, accompanied the king.

Who acts: Elephant · What happens: give, pay, play, turn around, eye, go · To what, where: pairs, all, wives, garments, proper attentions, carpenters

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 (Elephant), 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	When	when	SCONJ	_	3 however	mark
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 however	punct
3	however	however	ADV	_	10 given	advcl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 however	punct
5	pairs	pair	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 given	nsubj:pass
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 cloths	case
7	cloths	cloth	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 pairs	nmod
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 given	aux
9	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 given	aux:pass
10	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 all	case
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 given	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 carpenters	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 carpenters	det
15	carpenters	carpenter	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 all	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 given	punct
17	when	when	SCONJ	_	23 given	mark
18	under	under	ADP	_	20 garments	case
19	-	-	PUNCT	_	18 under	punct
20	garments	garment	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 given	obl
21	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 given	aux
22	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	23 given	aux:pass
23	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 given	conj
24	to	to	ADP	_	28 wives	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 carpenters	det
26	carpenters	carpenter	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 wives	nmod:poss
27	’	's	PART	_	26 carpenters	case
28	wives	wife	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 given	obl
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 played	punct
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 played	cc
31	when	when	SCONJ	_	37 paid	mark
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 attentions	det
33	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 attentions	amod
34	attentions	attention	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 paid	nsubj:pass
35	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 paid	aux
36	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	37 paid	aux:pass
37	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	43 played	advcl
38	to	to	ADP	_	40 children	case
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 children	det
40	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 paid	obl
41	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 played	nsubj
42	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	43 played	aux
43	played	play	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 given	parataxis
44	with	with	ADP	_	43 played	obl
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 turned	punct
46	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	49 turned	advmod
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 elephant	det
48	elephant	elephant	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 turned	nsubj
49	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 given	conj
50	around	around	ADV	_	49 turned	advmod
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 eyeing	punct
52	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 eyeing	cc
53	eyeing	eye	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	49 turned	advcl
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 carpenters	det
55	carpenters	carpenter	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 eyeing	obj
56	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 wives	cc
57	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	58 wives	nmod:poss
58	wives	wife	NOUN	Number=Plur	55 carpenters	conj
59	and	and	CCONJ	_	61 children	cc
60	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	61 children	nmod:poss
61	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	55 carpenters	conj
62	as	as	SCONJ	_	64 went	mark
63	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	64 went	nsubj
64	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	53 eyeing	advcl
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	66 accompanied	punct
66	accompanied	accompany	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	64 went	conj
67	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	68 king	det
68	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 accompanied	obj
69	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 given	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past · perfect · passive		pairs of cloths	all of the carpenters				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to all=Recipient
2	give	past · perfect · passive			the carpenters's wives	garments			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: to wife=Recipient
3	pay	past · perfect · passive		the proper attentions				to the children	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset
4	play	past · perfect	Elephant						vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	turn around	past	the elephant				then	around property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
6	eye	gerund	the elephant not said here	the carpenters and attentions's wives and attentions's children					vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer carpenter=Stimulus
7	go	past	Elephant						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	accompany	past	Elephant not said here	the king					vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=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 3, sentence 62