The grateful elephant, Opening, part 6, sentence 24
And having approached, he said this to Brahmadatta king of Kāsi: “O king, Dīghīti king of Kosala is 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, king · What happens: have, approach, say, reside, wonder · To what, where: this, Brahmadatta king, certain place · 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 (barber, 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 | _ | 6 said | cc |
| 2 | having | have | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 said | advcl |
| 3 | approached | approach | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 having | xcomp |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 having | punct |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 said | nsubj |
| 6 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 said | obj |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 king | case |
| 9 | Brahmadatta | Brahmadatta | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 king | compound |
| 10 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 said | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 Kāsi | case |
| 12 | Kāsi | Kāsi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 king | nmod |
| 13 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 23 residing | punct |
| 14 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 23 residing | punct |
| 15 | O | o | INTJ | _ | 16 king | discourse |
| 16 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 residing | nsubj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 king | punct |
| 18 | Dīghīti | Dīghīti | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 king | compound |
| 19 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 king | appos |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 Kosala | case |
| 21 | Kosala | Kosala | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 king | nmod |
| 22 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 residing | aux |
| 23 | residing | reside | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 said | advcl |
| 24 | with | with | ADP | _ | 26 consort | case |
| 25 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 consort | nmod:poss |
| 26 | consort | consort | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 residing | obl |
| 27 | in | in | ADP | _ | 30 place | case |
| 28 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 30 place | det |
| 29 | certain | certain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 place | amod |
| 30 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 residing | obl |
| 31 | on | on | ADP | _ | 33 outskirts | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 outskirts | det |
| 33 | outskirts | outskirt | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 place | nmod |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 Benāres | case |
| 35 | Benāres | Benāres | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 outskirts | nmod |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 dwelling | punct |
| 37 | in | in | ADP | _ | 41 dwelling | case |
| 38 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 39 potter | det |
| 39 | potter | potter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 dwelling | nmod:poss |
| 40 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 39 potter | case |
| 41 | dwelling | dwelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 residing | obl |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 disguise | punct |
| 43 | in | in | ADP | _ | 44 disguise | case |
| 44 | disguise | disguise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 residing | obl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 guise | punct |
| 46 | in | in | ADP | _ | 48 guise | case |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 guise | det |
| 48 | guise | guise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 residing | obl |
| 49 | of | of | ADP | _ | 52 ascetic | case |
| 50 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 52 ascetic | det |
| 51 | wandering | wonder | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 52 ascetic | amod |
| 52 | ascetic | ascetic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 guise | nmod |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 23 residing | punct |
| 54 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 23 residing | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | gerund | barber not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | approach | participle | barber not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | barber | this | Brahmadatta king of Kāsi | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent this=Topic to king=Recipient | |||
| 4 | reside in a quote | present · progressive | king | a certain place on the outskirts of Benāres | with king's consort; in a potter's dwelling; in disguise; in the guise of a wandering ascetic | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location | |||
| 5 | wonder speech: ask in a quote | 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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