The grateful elephant, Opening, part 5, sentence 12

But even as that wicked man receded from the vision of the Future Buddha, the solid earth, which extends for a distance of two hundred thousand leagues and four Inconceivables more, which is able to endure such mighty burdens as Sineru and Yugandhara, and all manner of foul-smelling and repulsive objects,--even the solid earth, as if unable to endure the wickedness he had piled upon it, burst asunder and yawned.

Who acts: wicked man, solid earth, four, manner, man · What happens: recede, extend, be, endure, smell, pile · To what, where: vision, such mighty burdens, wickedness, asunder

This is a sentence of «The grateful elephant» by Eugene Watson Burlingame, Opening, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (wicked man, solid earth, four, manner), 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	_	7 receded	cc
2	even	even	ADV	_	7 receded	advmod
3	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 receded	mark
4	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 man	det
5	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 man	amod
6	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 receded	nsubj
7	receded	recede	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 vision	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 vision	det
10	vision	vision	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 receded	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 Buddha	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Buddha	det
13	Future	Future	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Buddha	compound
14	Buddha	Buddha	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 vision	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 earth	punct
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 earth	det
17	solid	solid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 earth	amod
18	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 Buddha	appos
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 extends	punct
20	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 extends	nsubj
21	extends	extend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 earth	acl:relcl
22	for	for	ADP	_	24 distance	case
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 distance	det
24	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 extends	obl
25	of	of	ADP	_	29 leagues	case
26	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	27 hundred	compound
27	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	28 thousand	compound
28	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	29 leagues	nummod
29	leagues	league	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 distance	nmod
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 able	cc
31	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	37 able	nsubj
32	Inconceivables	Inconceivables	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 more	nsubj
33	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	31 four	conj
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 able	punct
35	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	37 able	nsubj
36	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	37 able	cop
37	able	able	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 leagues	conj
38	to	to	PART	_	39 endure	mark
39	endure	endure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	37 able	xcomp
40	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 burdens	amod
41	mighty	mighty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 burdens	amod
42	burdens	burden	NOUN	Number=Plur	39 endure	obj
43	as	as	ADP	_	44 Sineru	case
44	Sineru	Sineru	PROPN	Number=Sing	39 endure	obl
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 Yugandhara	cc
46	Yugandhara	Yugandhara	PROPN	Number=Sing	44 Sineru	conj
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	78 burst	punct
48	and	and	CCONJ	_	78 burst	cc
49	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	50 manner	det
50	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 burst	nsubj
51	of	of	SCONJ	_	54 smelling	mark
52	foul	foul	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 smelling	compound
53	-	-	PUNCT	_	52 foul	punct
54	smelling	smell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	50 manner	acl
55	and	and	CCONJ	_	57 objects	cc
56	repulsive	repulsive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	57 objects	amod
57	objects	object	NOUN	Number=Plur	50 manner	conj
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 earth	punct
59	--	--	PUNCT	_	63 earth	punct
60	even	even	ADV	_	63 earth	advmod
61	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 earth	det
62	solid	solid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	63 earth	amod
63	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 manner	appos
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 unable	punct
65	as	as	SCONJ	_	67 unable	mark
66	if	if	SCONJ	_	67 unable	mark
67	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	63 earth	conj
68	to	to	PART	_	69 endure	mark
69	endure	endure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	67 unable	xcomp
70	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	71 wickedness	det
71	wickedness	wickedness	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 endure	obj
72	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	74 piled	nsubj
73	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	74 piled	aux
74	piled	pile	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	71 wickedness	acl:relcl
75	upon	upon	ADP	_	76 it	case
76	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	74 piled	obl
77	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 earth	punct
78	burst	burst	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 receded	parataxis
79	asunder	asunder	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 burst	obj
80	and	and	CCONJ	_	81 yawned	cc
81	yawned	yawn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	78 burst	conj
82	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 receded	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	recede	past	that wicked man		the vision of the Future Buddha		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from vision=Initial_Location
2	extend	present	the solid earth			for a distance of thousand leagues goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for distance=Goal
3	is	present	four			thousand leagues nsubj; able property	tree rules
4	endure	to-infinitive	four not said here	such mighty burdens		as Sineru and Yugandhara	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme burden=Circumstance
5	smell	gerund	all manner and repulsive objects not said here			foul compound	vn smell_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	endure	to-infinitive	all manner and repulsive objects not said here	the wickedness			vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wickedness=Circumstance
7	pile	past · perfect	man	the wickedness not said here	wickedness		vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent wickedness=Theme upon it=Destination
8	burst	past	all manner and repulsive objects	asunder			vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location asunder=Theme
9	yawn	past	all manner and repulsive objects not said here				vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 5, sentence 12

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The grateful elephant, Opening, part 5, sentence 12