The grateful elephant, Opening, part 6, sentence 111
And having, in obedience to the king’s command, harnessed the chariot, he said this to Brahmadatta king of Kāsi: “Your majesty, the chariot is harnessed for you; do as you think fit.”
Who acts: having, king, majesty, Brahmadatta king · What happens: have, harness, say, do, think, command · To what, where: obedience, chariot, this, Brahmadatta king, fit · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The grateful elephant» by Eugene Watson Burlingame, Opening, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (having, king, majesty, Brahmadatta king), 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 | _ | 2 having | cc |
| 2 | having | have | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 12 harnessed | csubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 obedience | punct |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 obedience | case |
| 5 | obedience | obedience | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 having | obj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 command | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 king | det |
| 8 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 command | nmod:poss |
| 9 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 8 king | case |
| 10 | command | command | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 obedience | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 having | punct |
| 12 | harnessed | harness | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 chariot | det |
| 14 | chariot | chariot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 harnessed | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 said | punct |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 said | nsubj |
| 17 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 harnessed | conj |
| 18 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 17 said | obj |
| 19 | to | to | ADP | _ | 21 king | case |
| 20 | Brahmadatta | Brahmadatta | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 king | compound |
| 21 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 said | obl |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 Kāsi | case |
| 23 | Kāsi | Kāsi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 king | nmod |
| 24 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 27 majesty | punct |
| 25 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 27 majesty | punct |
| 26 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 majesty | nmod:poss |
| 27 | majesty | majesty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 said | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 harnessed | punct |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 chariot | det |
| 30 | chariot | chariot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 harnessed | nsubj:pass |
| 31 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 32 harnessed | aux:pass |
| 32 | harnessed | harness | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 27 majesty | acl:relcl |
| 33 | for | for | ADP | _ | 34 you | case |
| 34 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 32 harnessed | obl |
| 35 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 36 do | punct |
| 36 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 12 harnessed | parataxis |
| 37 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 39 think | mark |
| 38 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 39 think | nsubj |
| 39 | think | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 36 do | advcl |
| 40 | fit | fit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 think | obj |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 36 do | punct |
| 42 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 36 do | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | gerund | obedience | to the king's command | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent obedience=Patient | ||||
| 2 | harness | past | having | the chariot | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | king | this | Brahmadatta king of Kāsi | Your majesty obl | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent this=Topic to king=Recipient | ||
| 4 | harness in a quote | present · passive | Your majesty not said here | the chariot | for Brahmadatta king of Kāsi = king | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination | |||
| 5 | do in a quote | infinitive | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 6 | think speech: other in a quote | present | Brahmadatta king of Kāsi = king | fit | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot fit=Theme | ||||
| 7 | command | the king | nom command «communication transitive»: poss=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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