--- title: Now, monks, to these friends occurred the following thought: “If onl… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics description: Now, monks, to these friends occurred the following thought: “If only we knew which one of us was the oldest, we would respect, reverence, venerate, and honor him, and we would abide steadfast in his admonitions.” Who acts: monks, we, one, monk. 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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, we, one, monk), 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:pg74064:12:80 # text = Now, monks, to these friends occurred the following thought: “If only we knew which one of us was the oldest, we would respect, reverence, venerate, and honor him, and we would abide steadfast in his admonitions.” 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 monks monk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 8 occurred occur VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 amod _ _ 11 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 If if SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 only only ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 16 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 18 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 19 det _ _ 19 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nmod _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 oldest old ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 17 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 respect respect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 reverence reverence NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 venerate venerate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 honor honor VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 abide abide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 parataxis _ _ 42 steadfast steadfast ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 xcomp _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 admonitions admonition NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ” " PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **occur** | past | monks and this friends | the following thought | | | now | | tree rules | | 2 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **know** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | we | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | past | which one of us | | | | | old *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **respect** *in a quote* | would | we | reverence | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer reverence=Stimulus | | 6 | **venerate** *in a quote* | infinitive | we *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **honor** *in a quote* | infinitive | we *not said here* | monk | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 8 | **abide** *in a quote* | would | we | | | | | steadfast *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **admonish** *in a quote* | | monk | | | | | | nom admonition «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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/12/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/12/77/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/12/)