--- title: “While I was here, Jewel-neck, a dragon-king, came out of the Ganges… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics description: “While I was here, Jewel-neck, a dragon-king, came out of the Ganges river, approached me, and having approached, encircled me seven times with his coils and rose and spread his huge hood over my 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:pg74064:11:66 # text = “While I was here, Jewel-neck, a dragon-king, came out of the Ganges river, approached me, and having approached, encircled me seven times with his coils and rose and spread his huge hood over my head. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 While while SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 Jewel Jewel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 16 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 out out ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 Ganges Ganges PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 approached approach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 24 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 csubj _ _ 28 approached approach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 30 encircled encircle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 33 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl:unmarked _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 coils coil NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 spread spread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 42 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 hood hood NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 44 over over ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past | Jewel | | | | | here *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **come out** *in a quote* | past | Jewel | the Ganges river | | | | | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient river=Result | | 3 | **approach** *in a quote* | past | Jewel *not said here* | Jewel | | | | | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 4 | **have** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **approach** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **encircle** *in a quote* | past | having | | Jewel | | time | with Jewel's coils | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent i=Destination with coil=Theme | | 7 | **rise** *in a quote* | past | having *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **spread** *in a quote* | past | having *not said here* | Jewel's huge hood | | my 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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/11/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/11/61/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/11/)