The grateful elephant, Opening, part 5, sentence 161
And there, in a certain place on the outskirts of Benāres, Dīghīti king of Kosala resided with his consort, in a potter’s dwelling, in disguise, in the guise of a wandering ascetic.
Who acts: certain place · What happens: reside, wonder · To what, where: dwelling
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 (certain place), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 place | cc |
| 2 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 place | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 place | punct |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 place | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 place | det |
| 6 | certain | certain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 place | amod |
| 7 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 resided | nsubj |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 outskirts | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 outskirts | det |
| 10 | outskirts | outskirt | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 place | nmod |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 Benāres | case |
| 12 | Benāres | Benāres | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 outskirts | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 king | punct |
| 14 | Dīghīti | Dīghīti | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 king | compound |
| 15 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 resided | nsubj |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 Kosala | case |
| 17 | Kosala | Kosala | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 king | nmod |
| 18 | resided | reside | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 19 | with | with | ADP | _ | 21 consort | case |
| 20 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 consort | nmod:poss |
| 21 | consort | consort | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 resided | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 dwelling | punct |
| 23 | in | in | ADP | _ | 27 dwelling | case |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 25 potter | det |
| 25 | potter | potter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 dwelling | nmod:poss |
| 26 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 25 potter | case |
| 27 | dwelling | dwelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 resided | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 disguise | punct |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 30 disguise | case |
| 30 | disguise | disguise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 dwelling | conj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 guise | punct |
| 32 | in | in | ADP | _ | 34 guise | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 guise | det |
| 34 | guise | guise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 resided | obl |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 ascetic | case |
| 36 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 38 ascetic | det |
| 37 | wandering | wonder | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 38 ascetic | amod |
| 38 | ascetic | ascetic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 guise | nmod |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 18 resided | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reside | past | a certain place on the outskirts of Benāres | a potter's dwelling and disguise | with King's consort; in the guise of a wandering ascetic; Dīghīti king of Kosala nsubj | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dwelling=Location | |||
| 2 | wonder speech: ask | gerund | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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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