The grateful elephant, Opening, part 4, sentence 25
But when the parrot bowed to the ascetic, he said: “Reverend Sir, I have no money; but if you have need of ruddy rice,--such-and-such is my place of abode,--go there and call me out, saying: ‘Parrot!’
Who acts: parrot, ascetic, you · What happens: bow, say, have, be, go, call out · To what, where: money, need, such such place, ascetic, ruddy rice · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (parrot, ascetic, you), 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 | _ | 11 said | cc |
| 2 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 bowed | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 parrot | det |
| 4 | parrot | parrot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bowed | nsubj |
| 5 | bowed | bow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 said | ccomp |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 ascetic | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 ascetic | det |
| 8 | ascetic | ascetic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bowed | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 bowed | punct |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 said | nsubj |
| 11 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 15 Sir | punct |
| 13 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 Sir | punct |
| 14 | Reverend | Reverend | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 Sir | compound |
| 15 | Sir | Sir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 have | vocative |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 have | punct |
| 17 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 18 have | nsubj |
| 18 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 said | ccomp |
| 19 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 20 money | det |
| 20 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 have | obj |
| 21 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 44 go | punct |
| 22 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 44 go | cc |
| 23 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 25 have | mark |
| 24 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 25 have | nsubj |
| 25 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 44 go | advcl |
| 26 | need | need | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 have | obj |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 rice | case |
| 28 | ruddy | ruddy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 rice | amod |
| 29 | rice | rice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 need | nmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 have | punct |
| 31 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 39 place | punct |
| 32 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 place | amod |
| 33 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 39 place | punct |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 place | cc |
| 35 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 34 and | punct |
| 36 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 place | amod |
| 37 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 place | cop |
| 38 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 place | nmod:poss |
| 39 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 have | conj |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 abode | case |
| 41 | abode | abode | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 place | nmod |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 have | punct |
| 43 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 25 have | punct |
| 44 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 11 said | ccomp |
| 45 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 44 go | advmod |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 call | cc |
| 47 | call | call | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 44 go | conj |
| 48 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 47 call | obj |
| 49 | out | out | ADP | _ | 47 call | compound:prt |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 saying | punct |
| 51 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 47 call | advcl |
| 52 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 54 Parrot | punct |
| 53 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 54 Parrot | punct |
| 54 | Parrot | parrot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 said | parataxis |
| 55 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 54 Parrot | punct |
| 56 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 54 Parrot | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bow | participle | the parrot | to the ascetic | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to ascetic=Theme | ||||
| 2 | say speech: express | past | ascetic | Parrot parataxis | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | have in a quote | present | ascetic | no money | Reverend Sir vocative | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient | |||
| 4 | have a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | you | need of ruddy rice | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent need=Patient | ||||
| 5 | is a in a quote | present | you not said here | my such such place | of abode; my nmod:poss | tree rules | |||
| 6 | go in a quote | infinitive | there | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 7 | call out speech: assert in a quote | infinitive | ascetic | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | |||||
| 8 | say speech: assert in a quote | gerund | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 9 | need in a quote | ruddy rice | nom need «state transitive»: of=patient |
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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