--- title: When it was time for him to go, out of affection for the ascetic he… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics description: When it was time for him to go, out of affection for the ascetic he would lay aside his human form, encircle the ascetic with his coils, and embrace him, holding his huge hood over his head. Who acts: hermitage, king. 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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 (hermitage, 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:pg74064:11:111 # text = When it was time for him to go, out of affection for the ascetic he would lay aside his human form, encircle the ascetic with his coils, and embrace him, holding his huge hood over his head. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 5 for for SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 out out ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 affection affection NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 ascetic ascetic NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 acl:relcl _ _ 19 aside aside ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 21 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 encircle encircle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 ascetic ascetic NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 coils coil NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 embrace embrace VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 holding hold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 37 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 hood hood NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 39 over over ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | hermitage | time | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | to-infinitive | king | | | affection | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme out affection=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **lay** | would | king | affection *not said here* | | | | for the ascetic; aside king's human form | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent affection=Result for ascetic=Beneficiary | | 4 | **encircle** | infinitive | king *not said here* | the ascetic | | | | with king's coils | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent ascetic=Destination with coil=Theme | | 5 | **embrace** | infinitive | king *not said here* | king | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | | 6 | **hold** | gerund | king *not said here* | king's huge hood | | king's head | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent hood=Theme over head=Location | | 8 | **form** | | king | | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/11/103/) - next →: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/11/105/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/11/)