The grateful elephant, Opening, part 6, sentence 22
The barber of Dīghīti king of Kosala saw Dīghīti king of Kosala residing with his consort in a certain place on the outskirts of Benāres, in a potter’s dwelling, in disguise, in the guise of a wandering ascetic.
Who acts: barber, Dīghīti king · What happens: see, reside, wonder · To what, where: Dīghīti king, dwelling, certain place
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 (barber, Dīghīti 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 barber | det |
| 2 | barber | barber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 saw | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 king | case |
| 4 | Dīghīti | Dīghīti | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 king | compound |
| 5 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 barber | nmod |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 Kosala | case |
| 7 | Kosala | Kosala | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 king | nmod |
| 8 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | Dīghīti | Dīghīti | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 king | compound |
| 10 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 saw | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 Kosala | case |
| 12 | Kosala | Kosala | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 king | nmod |
| 13 | residing | reside | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 king | acl |
| 14 | with | with | ADP | _ | 16 consort | case |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 consort | nmod:poss |
| 16 | consort | consort | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 residing | obl |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 place | case |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 place | det |
| 19 | certain | certain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 place | amod |
| 20 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 residing | obl |
| 21 | on | on | ADP | _ | 23 outskirts | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 outskirts | det |
| 23 | outskirts | outskirt | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 place | nmod |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 Benāres | case |
| 25 | Benāres | Benāres | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 outskirts | nmod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 dwelling | punct |
| 27 | in | in | ADP | _ | 31 dwelling | case |
| 28 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 29 potter | det |
| 29 | potter | potter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 dwelling | nmod:poss |
| 30 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 29 potter | case |
| 31 | dwelling | dwelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 saw | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 disguise | punct |
| 33 | in | in | ADP | _ | 34 disguise | case |
| 34 | disguise | disguise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 dwelling | conj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 guise | punct |
| 36 | in | in | ADP | _ | 38 guise | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 guise | det |
| 38 | guise | guise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 saw | conj |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 ascetic | case |
| 40 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 42 ascetic | det |
| 41 | wandering | wonder | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 42 ascetic | amod |
| 42 | ascetic | ascetic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 guise | nmod |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 saw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | the barber of Dīghīti king of Kosala | Dīghīti king of Kosala | a potter's dwelling and disguise | the guise of a wandering ascetic conj | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer king=Stimulus | ||
| 2 | reside | gerund | Dīghīti king of Kosala not said here | a certain place on the outskirts of Benāres | with barber's consort | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location | |||
| 3 | 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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