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title: Words of three or more syllables are accented on the second syllable… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics
description: Words of three or more syllables are accented on the second syllable from the last, provided the next to the last syllable is short, as _Gótama_, _Mállika_. Who acts: next. A sentence of «The grateful elephant» by Eugene Watson Burlingame, Opening, part 1, with its dependency tree and the pragmatics
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# The grateful elephant, Opening, part 1, sentence 42

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Words of three or more syllables are accented on the second syllable from the last, provided the next to the last syllable is short, as \_Gótama\_, \_Mállika\_.

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**Who acts:** next · **What happens:** accent, provide, be, word · **To what, where:** Words, second syllable, three syllables

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This is a sentence of «The grateful elephant» by Eugene Watson Burlingame, Opening, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (next), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg74064:1:47
# text = Words of three or more syllables are accented on the second syllable from the last, provided the next to the last syllable is short, as _Gótama_, _Mállika_.
1	Words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	conj	_	_
6	syllables	syllable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	accented	accent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	12	amod	_	_
12	syllable	syllable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	provided	provide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	nsubj	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	syllable	syllable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
24	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	25	cop	_	_
25	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
27	as	as	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	Gótama	Gótama	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	29	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
32	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	33	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	Mállika	Mállika	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	33	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accent** | present · passive |  | Words of three syllables |  | the second syllable from the last |  | Gótama *parataxis*; Mállika *parataxis* | tree rules |
| 2 | **provide** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition |
| 3 | **is** | present | the next to the last syllable |  |  |  |  | short *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **word** |  |  | three syllables |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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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