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The grateful elephant, Opening, part 8, sentence 137

The moment the second thief took that porridge out and set it down, the first thief cleft him in twain with his sword and flung his remains away in a secluded spot.

Who acts: moment · What happens: take out, set down, fling away · To what, where: porridge, remains, secluded spot

This is a sentence of «The grateful elephant» by Eugene Watson Burlingame, Opening, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (moment), 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

detnsubjdetamodnsubjdetobjcompound:prtccconjobjcompound:prtpunctdetamodcompoundparataxisobjcasenmodcasenmod:possoblccconjnmod:possobjadvmodcasedetamodoblpunctrootTheDETmomentNOUNtheDETsecondADJthiefNOUNtookVERBthatDETporridgeNOUNoutADPandCCONJsetVERBitPRONdownADP,PUNCTtheDETfirstADJthiefNOUNcleftNOUNhimPRONinADPtwainNOUNwithADPhisPRONswordNOUNandCCONJflungVERBhisPRONremainsNOUNawayADVinADPaDETsecludedADJspotNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 momentdet
2momentmomentNOUNNumber=Sing6 tooknsubj
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 thiefdet
4secondsecondADJDegree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord5 thiefamod
5thiefthiefNOUNNumber=Sing6 tooknsubj
6tooktakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
7thatthatDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem8 porridgedet
8porridgeporridgeNOUNNumber=Sing6 tookobj
9outoutADP_6 tookcompound:prt
10andandCCONJ_11 setcc
11setsetVERBVerbForm=Inf6 tookconj
12ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs11 setobj
13downdownADP_11 setcompound:prt
14,,PUNCT_18 cleftpunct
15thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art18 cleftdet
16firstfirstADJDegree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord18 cleftamod
17thiefthiefNOUNNumber=Sing18 cleftcompound
18cleftcleftNOUNNumber=Sing6 tookparataxis
19himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs18 cleftobj
20ininADP_21 twaincase
21twaintwainNOUNNumber=Sing18 cleftnmod
22withwithADP_24 swordcase
23hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs24 swordnmod:poss
24swordswordNOUNNumber=Sing6 tookobl
25andandCCONJ_26 flungcc
26flungflingVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 tookconj
27hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs28 remainsnmod:poss
28remainsremainsNOUNNumber=Ptan26 flungobj
29awayawayADV_26 flungadvmod
30ininADP_33 spotcase
31aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art33 spotdet
32secludedsecludedADJDegree=Pos33 spotamod
33spotspotNOUNNumber=Sing26 flungobl
34..PUNCT_6 tookpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1take outpastthe momentthat porridgewith fellow's sword; the second thief nsubj; the first thief cleft fellow in twain parataxisvn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent porridge=Theme
2set downinfinitivethe moment not said hereporridgevn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient it=Result
3fling awaypastthe moment not said herefellow's remainsa secluded spotaway propertyvn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent remains=Theme in spot=Destination

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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