--- title: Now one day a dragon-king named Jewel-neck came forth from the World… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics description: Now one day a dragon-king named Jewel-neck came forth from the World of Dragons, walked along the bank of the Ganges disguised as a Brahman youth, came to the hermitage of the younger ascetic, bowed, and sat down on one side. Who acts: dragon king. A sentence of «The grateful elephant» by Eugene Wat --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/11/101/) [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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/11/) / 101 # The grateful elephant, Opening, part 11, sentence 101 Now one day a dragon-king named Jewel-neck came forth from the World of Dragons, walked along the bank of the Ganges disguised as a Brahman youth, came to the hermitage of the younger ascetic, bowed, and sat down on one side. **Who acts:** dragon king · **What happens:** name, come, walk, disguise, bow, sit down · **To what, where:** Jewel neck, World, hermitage, one side This is a sentence of «The grateful elephant» by Eugene Watson Burlingame, Opening, part 11. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (dragon king), 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:pg74064:11:108 # text = Now one day a dragon-king named Jewel-neck came forth from the World of Dragons, walked along the bank of the Ganges disguised as a Brahman youth, came to the hermitage of the younger ascetic, bowed, and sat down on one side. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 8 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 9 Jewel Jewel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 forth forth ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 from from ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 World World PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 Dragons Dragon PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 21 along along ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 bank bank NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 Ganges Ganges PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 disguised disguise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 28 as as ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 Brahman Brahman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 parataxis _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 hermitage hermitage NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 younger young ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 40 amod _ _ 40 ascetic ascetic NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 bowed bow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 46 down down ADP RP _ 45 compound:prt _ _ 47 on on ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 49 nummod _ _ 49 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **name** | participle | a dragon king *not said here* | Jewel neck | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent neck=Theme | | 2 | **come** | past | a dragon king | | | the World of Dragons | now; day | forth *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from world=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **walk** | past | a dragon king *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **disguise** | past | a dragon king *not said here* | | | | | along the bank of the Ganges; as a Brahman youth | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **come** | past | | | | the hermitage of the younger ascetic | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to hermitage=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **bow** | past | | | | | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **sit down** | past | a dragon king *not said here* | | | one side | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on side=Location | 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 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/11/100/) - next →: [sentence 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/11/102/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/11/)