--- title: Opening, part 10 — The grateful elephant · full text with trees description: Opening, part 10, «The grateful elephant» by Eugene Watson Burlingame: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: Having given him the little hatchet, Sakka went to the second ascetic and asked: “Reverend Sir, what do you need?” --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The grateful elephant](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/) / Opening, part 10 # Opening, part 10 Opening, part 10 of «The grateful elephant» by Eugene Watson Burlingame: the whole text, 169 sentences and 2555 words. The small number after every sentence leads to its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself. **1** [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/10/page/2/) Having given him the little hatchet, Sakka went to the second ascetic and asked: “Reverend Sir, what do you need?”[1](1/ "tree and pragmatics") Past his leaf-hut ran an elephant-track.[2](2/ "tree and pragmatics") Since the elephants bothered him, he said: “The elephants annoy me; drive them away.”[3](3/ "tree and pragmatics") Sakka presented a drum to him, saying, “Reverend Sir, if you beat this side, your enemies will flee; if you beat that, they will become kindly disposed and will surround you with a fourfold army.”[4](4/ "tree and pragmatics") Having given him the drum, Sakka went to the youngest ascetic and asked: “Reverend Sir, what do you want?”[5](5/ "tree and pragmatics") He also was afflicted with jaundice; therefore he said: “I want curds.”[6](6/ "tree and pragmatics") Sakka gave him a bowl of curds, saying: “If you invert this and make a wish, the curds will turn into a mighty river, will set flowing a mighty flood, and will even be able to get and give you a kingdom.”[7](7/ "tree and pragmatics") So saying, he went his way.[8](8/ "tree and pragmatics") From that time on the little hatchet made fire for the eldest brother; when the second brother beat the drum, the elephants fled; the youngest brother enjoyed his curds.[9](9/ "tree and pragmatics") At that time a boar, rooting among the ruins of a village, caught sight of a gem endowed with magical power.[10](10/ "tree and pragmatics") He bit the gem, and by its magical power rose into the air.[11](11/ "tree and pragmatics") Seeing a little island in mid-ocean, he thought: “There now is the place for me to live.”[12](12/ "tree and pragmatics") So he descended and made his home in a pleasant place under a fig tree.[13](13/ "tree and pragmatics") One day the boar lay down at the foot of that tree, placed the gem in front of him, and fell asleep.[14](14/ "tree and pragmatics") Now a certain man who lived in the kingdom of Kāsi, driven from home by his mother and father with the remark, “He’s no good to us,” went to a certain seaport, hired himself out to mariners, and embarked on a ship.[15](15/ "tree and pragmatics") In mid-ocean the ship sprang a leak, and he floated to that island on a plank.[16](16/ "tree and pragmatics") While seeking wild fruits he saw that boar.[17](17/ "tree and pragmatics") Creeping up, he seized the gem.[18](18/ "tree and pragmatics") By its magical power he rose into the air.[19](19/ "tree and pragmatics") Seating himself on the fig tree, he thought: “This boar, become an air-voyager by the magical power of this gem, lives here, I suppose.[20](20/ "tree and pragmatics") But I must not go back without first of all killing him and eating his flesh.”[21](21/ "tree and pragmatics") He broke off a twig and let it fall on the boar’s head.[22](22/ "tree and pragmatics") The boar woke up, but not seeing the gem, ran this way and that, all of a tremble.[23](23/ "tree and pragmatics") The man sitting in the tree laughed.[24](24/ "tree and pragmatics") The boar looked, and seeing him, ran his head against the tree, and died then and there.[25](25/ "tree and pragmatics") The man came down, made a fire, and cooked the boar’s flesh and ate it.[26](26/ "tree and pragmatics") Then he rose into the air and passed over the tops of the Himālayas.[27](27/ "tree and pragmatics") Seeing a region of hermitages, he descended at the hermitage of the eldest ascetic.[28](28/ "tree and pragmatics") He lived there for two or three days, performed the major and minor duties for the ascetic, and saw the magical power of the little hatchet.[29](29/ "tree and pragmatics") “This I must get,” thought he.[30](30/ "tree and pragmatics") Accordingly, after demonstrating to the ascetic the magical power of the gem, he said: “Reverend Sir, take this gem and give me the little hatchet.”[31](31/ "tree and pragmatics") The ascetic, having a desire to travel through the air, took the gem and gave him the little hatchet.[32](32/ "tree and pragmatics") air.[33](33/ "tree and pragmatics") The man took the little hatchet and went a short distance.[34](34/ "tree and pragmatics") Then he rubbed the little hatchet and said: “Little hatchet, chop off the ascetic’s head and bring me the gem.”[35](35/ "tree and pragmatics") The little hatchet went and chopped off the ascetic’s head and brought him the gem.[36](36/ "tree and pragmatics") The man put the little hatchet in a secret place, and then went to the second ascetic and lived with him for a few days.[37](37/ "tree and pragmatics") Seeing the magical power of the drum, he gave the second ascetic the gem, took the drum, and in the same way as before caused his head also to be cut off.[38](38/ "tree and pragmatics") Then he approached the youngest ascetic.[39](39/ "tree and pragmatics") Seeing the magical power of the bowl of curds, he gave the youngest ascetic the gem, took the bowl of curds, and in the same way as before caused his head to be cut off.[40](40/ "tree and pragmatics") Then he took the gem and the little hatchet and the drum and the bowl of curds, and rose into the air.[41](41/ "tree and pragmatics") Halting not far from Benāres, he sent, by the hand of a certain man, the following message to the king of Benāres: “Give me battle or the kingdom!”[42](42/ "tree and pragmatics") As soon as the king heard the message, he said: “Let’s catch the bandit;” and sallied forth.[43](43/ "tree and pragmatics") The man beat the proper side of the drum, and a fourfold army surrounded him.[44](44/ "tree and pragmatics") Perceiving that the king had deployed his forces, he turned the bowl of curds loose.[45](45/ "tree and pragmatics") A mighty river began to flow, and the multitude sank down in the curds and were unable to extricate themselves.[46](46/ "tree and pragmatics") Then he rubbed the little hatchet and said: “Bring me the king’s head.”[47](47/ "tree and pragmatics") The little hatchet went and brought the king’s head and laid it at his feet.[48](48/ "tree and pragmatics") Not a single soldier had the power to lift a weapon.[49](49/ "tree and pragmatics") Accompanied by a mighty force, the man entered the city and caused himself to be sprinkled king.[50](50/ "tree and pragmatics") Having become king under the name King of the Curds, he ruled with righteousness.[51](51/ "tree and pragmatics") \_Part 2.[52](52/ "tree and pragmatics") Corrupt fruit from a good tree.[53](53/ "tree and pragmatics") One day, while he was amusing himself in the mighty river, in an enclosure formed by a net, there floated up and lodged in the net a single mango fruit fit for the gods.[54](54/ "tree and pragmatics") When they lifted the net they saw it and gave it to the king.[55](55/ "tree and pragmatics") It was of large size, as big as a water-pot, perfectly round, and of a golden color.[56](56/ "tree and pragmatics") The king asked his foresters: “What is that the fruit of?”[57](57/ "tree and pragmatics") “The fruit of a mango tree.”[58](58/ "tree and pragmatics") Having eaten it, he caused the stone to be planted in his own garden, and to be sprinkled with milk and water.[59](59/ "tree and pragmatics") The tree sprouted, and in the third year bore fruit.[60](60/ "tree and pragmatics") Great was the honor rendered to the mango.[61](61/ "tree and pragmatics") They sprinkled it with milk and water, they made marks of the spread hand with scented ointment on it, they festooned it with wreaths and ropes of flowers, they burned lamps with perfumed oil before it, and round about it they hung a curtain of fine cloth.[62](62/ "tree and pragmatics") The fruit was sweet and of a golden color.[63](63/ "tree and pragmatics") When the king sent the fruit of the mango to other kings, he pierced with a thorn the spot where the sprout starts, for fear a tree might sprout from the stone.[64](64/ "tree and pragmatics") When, after eating the mango fruit, they planted the stone, nothing happened.[65](65/ "tree and pragmatics") “What, pray, can be the cause of this?” they inquired, and discovered the cause.[66](66/ "tree and pragmatics") Now a certain other king summoned his gardener and asked: “Can you spoil the flavor of my rival’s mango fruit and make it bitter?”[67](67/ "tree and pragmatics") “Yes, your majesty.”[68](68/ "tree and pragmatics") “Very well, go.”[69](69/ "tree and pragmatics") So saying, he gave him a thousand pieces of money and sent him off.[70](70/ "tree and pragmatics") The gardener went to Benāres, caused the king to be informed that a gardener had arrived, managed to have himself summoned by the king, and entering the palace, made obeisance to the king.[71](71/ "tree and pragmatics") “Are you the gardener?” asked the king.[72](72/ "tree and pragmatics") “Yes, your majesty,” said the gardener, and described his own marvelous powers.[73](73/ "tree and pragmatics") Said the king: “Go, assist our gardener.”[74](74/ "tree and pragmatics") From that time on the two men cared for the garden.[75](75/ "tree and pragmatics") The newly arrived gardener caused flowers to blossom out of season and fruits to grow out of season, and made the garden a charming place.[76](76/ "tree and pragmatics") The king, pleased with the new gardener, dismissed the old gardener, and gave the new gardener exclusive charge of the garden.[77](77/ "tree and pragmatics") The new gardener, realizing that the garden was in his own hands, planted nimbs and pot-herbs and creepers all around the mango tree.[78](78/ "tree and pragmatics") **1** [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/10/page/2/) - ← previous: [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/9/) - next →: [page 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/10/page/2/) - ↑ back to [The grateful 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