The grateful elephant, Opening, part 8, sentence 7

He had increased his stature to the height of a palm-tree; he had created for himself a head as big as a summer-house with bell-shaped pinnacle, eyes as big as alms-bowls, two tusks as big as giant bulbs or buds; he had the beak of a hawk; his belly was covered with blotches; his hands and feet were dark green.

Who acts: ogre, hands · What happens: increase, create, shape, have, cover, be · To what, where: stature, head, beak, belly

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 (ogre, hands), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 increased	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 increased	aux
3	increased	increase	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 stature	nmod:poss
5	stature	stature	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 increased	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 height	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 height	det
8	height	height	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 increased	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	13 tree	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 tree	det
11	palm	palm	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 tree	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 palm	punct
13	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 height	nmod
14	;	;	PUNCT	_	17 created	punct
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 created	nsubj
16	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 created	aux
17	created	create	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 increased	parataxis
18	for	for	ADP	_	19 himself	case
19	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	17 created	obl
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 head	det
21	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 created	obj
22	as	as	ADV	_	23 big	advmod
23	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 head	amod
24	as	as	ADP	_	28 house	case
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	28 house	det
26	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 house	compound
27	-	-	PUNCT	_	26 summer	punct
28	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 big	obl
29	with	with	ADP	_	33 pinnacle	case
30	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 shaped	compound
31	-	-	PUNCT	_	30 bell	punct
32	shaped	shape	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	33 pinnacle	amod
33	pinnacle	pinnacle	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 house	nmod
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 eyes	punct
35	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 created	obl
36	as	as	ADV	_	37 big	advmod
37	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	41 bowls	amod
38	as	as	ADP	_	39 alms	case
39	alms	alm	NOUN	Number=Plur	41 bowls	nmod:poss
40	-	-	PUNCT	_	39 alms	punct
41	bowls	bowl	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 created	conj
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 tusks	punct
43	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	44 tusks	nummod
44	tusks	tusk	NOUN	Number=Plur	41 bowls	appos
45	as	as	ADV	_	46 big	advmod
46	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	44 tusks	amod
47	as	as	ADP	_	49 bulbs	case
48	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	49 bulbs	amod
49	bulbs	bulb	NOUN	Number=Plur	46 big	obl
50	or	or	CCONJ	_	51 buds	cc
51	buds	bud	NOUN	Number=Plur	49 bulbs	conj
52	;	;	PUNCT	_	54 had	punct
53	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 had	nsubj
54	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 increased	parataxis
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 beak	det
56	beak	beak	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 had	obj
57	of	of	ADP	_	59 hawk	case
58	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	59 hawk	det
59	hawk	hawk	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 beak	nmod
60	;	;	PUNCT	_	64 covered	punct
61	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	62 belly	nmod:poss
62	belly	belly	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 covered	nsubj:pass
63	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	64 covered	aux:pass
64	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	54 had	conj
65	with	with	ADP	_	66 blotches	case
66	blotches	blotch	NOUN	Number=Plur	64 covered	obl
67	;	;	PUNCT	_	74 green	punct
68	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	69 hands	nmod:poss
69	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	74 green	nsubj
70	and	and	CCONJ	_	71 feet	cc
71	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	69 hands	conj
72	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	74 green	cop
73	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	74 green	amod
74	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 increased	conj
75	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 increased	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	increase	past · perfect	ogre	ogre's stature	to the height of a palm tree result	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.initial_state PP.result»: agent=Patient stature=Extent to height=Result
2	create	past · perfect	ogre	a head	for ogre; eyes obl; alms's big bowls conj	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent head=Result for himself=Beneficiary
3	shape	participle			bell compound	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
4	have	past	ogre	the beak of a hawk		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beak=Patient
5	cover	past · passive		ogre's belly	with blotches	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with blotch=Theme
6	is	past	ogre's hands and feet		green property	tree rules

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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🌲 The grateful elephant, Opening, part 8, sentence 7

The tree

Pragmatics

The grateful elephant, Opening, part 8, sentence 7