--- title: Having related this parable, he joined the connection and identified… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics description: Having related this parable, he joined the connection and identified the personages in the Birth-story as follows: “At that time that very mother was the mother, that very daughter was the daughter, but the wealthy merchant was I myself.” Who acts: Parable, Birth story, time, daughter. 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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 (Parable, Birth story, time, daughter), 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:pg74064:13:111 # text = Having related this parable, he joined the connection and identified the personages in the Birth-story as follows: “At that time that very mother was the mother, that very daughter was the daughter, but the wealthy merchant was I myself.” 1 Having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 2 related relate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 xcomp _ _ 3 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 parable parable NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 joined join VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 connection connection NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 identified identify VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 personages personage NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 Birth birth NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 19 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 20 follows follow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 : : PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 22 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 At at ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 det _ _ 25 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 27 very very ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 33 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 det _ _ 34 very very ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 40 but but CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 wealthy wealthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 merchant merchant NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ” " PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | gerund | Parable *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **relate** | participle | Parable *not said here* | this parable | | | | | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parable=Theme | | 3 | **join** | past | Parable | the connection | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent connection=Patient | | 4 | **identify** | past | Parable *not said here* | the personages | | the Birth story | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent personage=Theme | | 5 | **follow** | present | the Birth story *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | that time | the mother | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | that daughter | the daughter | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | the wealthy merchant | the Teacher *= teacher* | | | | I *nsubj* | tree rules | 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 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/13/105/) - next →: [sentence 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/13/107/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/13/)