--- title: On the second day the ascetic, standing at the door of the hermitage… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics description: On the second day the ascetic, standing at the door of the hermitage, said to the dragon-king just as he approached: “Yesterday you would not give me the jewel; to-day I must have it.” Who acts: ascetic, king, dragon king, I. 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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 (ascetic, king, dragon king, I), 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:pg74064:11:132 # text = On the second day the ascetic, standing at the door of the hermitage, said to the dragon-king just as he approached: “Yesterday you would not give me the jewel; to-day I must have it.” 1 On on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 amod _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 ascetic ascetic NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 hermitage hermitage NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 19 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 22 just just ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 approached approach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 : : PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 27 “ " PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 Yesterday yesterday NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl:unmarked _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 32 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 33 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 iobj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 jewel jewel NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 parataxis _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ” " PUNCT '' _ 42 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | gerund | the ascetic *not said here* | | | the door of the hermitage | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at door=Location | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | the dragon king | | day | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to king=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **approach** | past | king | the dragon king *not said here* | | | | | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Theme | | 4 | **not** **give** *in a quote* | would | the dragon king *= king* | the jewel | me | | yesterday | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient jewel=Theme | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | must | I | hermitage | | | day | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | 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 123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/11/123/) - next →: [sentence 125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/11/125/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/11/)