--- title: The gardener went to Benāres, caused the king to be informed that a… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics description: 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. Who acts: gardener, entering. 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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 (gardener, entering), 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:pg74064:10:73 # text = 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. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 gardener gardener NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Benāres Benāres PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 caused cause VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 informed inform VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 advcl _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 gardener gardener NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 arrived arrive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 managed manage VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 conj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 21 obj _ _ 23 summoned summon VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 xcomp _ _ 24 by by ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 29 entering enter VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 csubj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 33 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 34 obeisance obeisance NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | the gardener | | | Benāres | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to benāres=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **cause** | past | | the king | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition king=Patient | | 3 | **inform** *speech: other* | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient S»: clause=Topic | | 4 | **arrive** | past · perfect | a gardener | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **manage** | participle | a gardener *not said here* | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **have** | to-infinitive | a gardener *not said here* | gardener | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **summon** | participle | gardener *not said here* | | | | | by the king | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **enter** | gerund | | the palace | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme palace=Destination | | 9 | **make** | past | entering | obeisance | | | | to the king | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset obeisance=Product | 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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/10/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/10/72/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/10/)