--- title: Then, monks, the quail went to the field of clods, turned up by the… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics description: Then, monks, the quail went to the field of clods, turned up by the plow, and mounting a big clod, stood and called the hawk: “Come now, hawk, I dare you! Who acts: monks. 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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 (monks), 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:pg74064:12:161 # text = Then, monks, the quail went to the field of clods, turned up by the plow, and mounting a big clod, stood and called the hawk: “Come now, hawk, I dare you! 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 monks monk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 quail quail NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 7 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 clods clod NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl _ _ 15 up up ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 16 by by ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 plow plow NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 21 mounting mount VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 clod clod NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 26 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 hawk hawk NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 : : PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 32 “ " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 Come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 34 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 hawk hawk NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 dare dare VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 parataxis _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ! ! PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | monks and the quail | | | the field of clods | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to field=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **turn up** | participle | | clods *not said here* | | | | by the plow | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by plow=Location | | 3 | **mount** | gerund | | a big clod | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clod=Patient | | 4 | **stand** | past | monks and the quail *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **call** *speech: express* | past | monks and the quail *not said here* | | the hawk | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent hawk=Recipient | | 6 | **come** *in a quote* | infinitive | monks and the quail *not said here* | hawk | | | now | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **dare** *in a quote* | present | monks and the quail *= monk* | | the hawk *= hawk* | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | 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 152](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/12/152/) - next →: [sentence 154](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/12/154/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/12/)