--- title: Now a certain man who lived in the kingdom of Kāsi, driven from home… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics description: 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. Who acts: certain man. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (certain man), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg74064:10:15 # text = 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. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Kāsi Kāsi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 driven drive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ _ 14 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 16 by by ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 remark remark NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 “ " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 28 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 29 det _ _ 29 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 xcomp _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 34 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 seaport seaport NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 hired hire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 41 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 40 obj _ _ 42 out out ADP RP _ 40 compound:prt _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 mariners mariner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 embarked embark VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 conj _ _ 48 on on ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | past | a certain man | | | the kingdom of Kāsi | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in kingdom=Location | | 2 | **drive** | participle | | the kingdom of Kāsi *not said here* | | home | | by man's mother and father with the remark | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent from home=Trajectory | | 3 | **go** | past | a certain man | | | a certain seaport | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to seaport=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **hire out** | past | a certain man *not said here* | man | | | | to mariners | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 5 | **embark** | participle | a certain man *not said here* | | | a ship | | | 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. - ← previous: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/10/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/10/16/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/10/)