--- title: Now Jewel-neck, a dragon-king, came out of the Ganges, approached th… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics description: Now Jewel-neck, a dragon-king, came out of the Ganges, approached the younger ascetic, and having approached, encircled the younger ascetic seven times with his coils and rose and spread his huge hood over his head. Who acts: Jewel, having. 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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 (Jewel, having), 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:pg74064:11:62 # text = Now Jewel-neck, a dragon-king, came out of the Ganges, approached the younger ascetic, and having approached, encircled the younger ascetic seven times with his coils and rose and spread his huge hood over his head. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 2 Jewel Jewel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 11 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 out out ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Ganges Ganges PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 approached approach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 younger young ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 20 amod _ _ 20 ascetic ascetic NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 csubj _ _ 24 approached approach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 26 encircled encircle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 younger young ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 29 amod _ _ 29 ascetic ascetic NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 30 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nummod _ _ 31 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl:unmarked _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 coils coil NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 spread spread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 40 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 hood hood NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 42 over over ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come out** | past | Jewel | the Ganges | | | now | | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient ganges=Result | | 2 | **approach** | past | Jewel *not said here* | the younger ascetic | | | | | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ascetic=Theme | | 3 | **have** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **approach** | participle | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **encircle** | past | having | the younger ascetic | | | time | with Jewel's coils | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent ascetic=Destination with coil=Theme | | 6 | **rise** | past | having *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **spread** | past | having *not said here* | Jewel's huge hood | | Jewel's head | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hood=Theme over head=Destination | 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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/11/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/11/57/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/11/)