The grateful elephant, Opening, part 4, sentence 104

When he was born, he was pure white, like a mass of silver; moreover his eyes were like globules of jewels, and from them shone forth the Five Brightnesses; his mouth was like a crimson blanket; his trunk was like a rope of silver, ornamented with spots of ruddy gold; his four feet were as if rubbed with lac.

Who acts: Buddha, eyes, mouth, trunk, crimson blanket · What happens: bear, be, shine, ornament, rub · To what, where: Buddha, Five Brightnesses, rope, four feet

This is a sentence of «The grateful elephant» by Eugene Watson Burlingame, Opening, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Buddha, eyes, mouth, trunk), 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	ADV	PronType=Int	4 born	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 born	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 born	aux:pass
4	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 white	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 white	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 white	cop
8	pure	pure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 white	amod
9	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 born	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 mass	punct
11	like	like	ADP	_	13 mass	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 mass	det
13	mass	mass	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 white	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 silver	case
15	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 mass	nmod
16	;	;	PUNCT	_	22 globules	punct
17	moreover	moreover	ADV	_	22 globules	advmod
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 eyes	nmod:poss
19	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 globules	nsubj
20	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 globules	cop
21	like	like	ADP	_	22 globules	case
22	globules	globule	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 born	obl
23	of	of	ADP	_	24 jewels	case
24	jewels	jewel	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 globules	nmod
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 shone	punct
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 shone	cc
27	from	from	ADP	_	28 them	case
28	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 shone	obl
29	shone	shine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 born	conj
30	forth	forth	ADV	_	29 shone	advmod
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 Brightnesses	det
32	Five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	33 Brightnesses	nummod
33	Brightnesses	Brightness	PROPN	Number=Plur	29 shone	obj
34	;	;	PUNCT	_	41 blanket	punct
35	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	36 mouth	nmod:poss
36	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 blanket	nsubj
37	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 blanket	cop
38	like	like	ADP	_	41 blanket	case
39	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	41 blanket	det
40	crimson	crimson	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 blanket	compound
41	blanket	blanket	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 born	obl
42	;	;	PUNCT	_	48 rope	punct
43	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	44 trunk	nmod:poss
44	trunk	trunk	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 rope	nsubj
45	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	48 rope	cop
46	like	like	ADP	_	48 rope	case
47	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	48 rope	det
48	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 blanket	parataxis
49	of	of	ADP	_	50 silver	case
50	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 rope	nmod
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 ornamented	punct
52	ornamented	ornament	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	48 rope	acl
53	with	with	ADP	_	54 spots	case
54	spots	spot	NOUN	Number=Plur	52 ornamented	obl
55	of	of	ADP	_	57 gold	case
56	ruddy	ruddy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	57 gold	amod
57	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 spots	nmod
58	;	;	PUNCT	_	65 rubbed	punct
59	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	61 feet	nmod:poss
60	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	61 feet	nummod
61	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	65 rubbed	nsubj:pass
62	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	65 rubbed	aux:pass
63	as	as	SCONJ	_	65 rubbed	mark
64	if	if	SCONJ	_	65 rubbed	mark
65	rubbed	rub	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	41 blanket	acl
66	with	with	ADP	_	67 lac	case
67	lac	lac	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 rubbed	obl
68	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 born	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	bear	past · passive		Buddha		vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	is	past	Buddha		like a mass of silver; white property	tree rules
3	is	past	Buddha's eyes		like globules; of jewels; moreover property	tree rules
4	shine	past		the Five Brightnesses	from eyes = eye; forth property	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent brightness=Theme
5	is	past	Buddha's mouth		like a crimson blanket	tree rules
6	is	past	Buddha's trunk		like a rope; of silver	tree rules
7	ornament	participle		a rope not said here	with spots of ruddy gold	vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with spot=Theme
8	rub a condition, not said to happen	past · passive	a crimson blanket not said here	Buddha's four feet	with lac	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: subject=Destination with lac=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 tree

Pragmatics

The grateful elephant, Opening, part 4, sentence 104