--- title: The Teacher, having proclaimed the Truths by the narration of this f… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics description: The Teacher, having proclaimed the Truths by the narration of this fable, identified the personages in the Birth-story as follows: “At that time the hawk was Devadatta, but the quail was I myself.” Who acts: Teacher, Birth story, hawk, quail. 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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 (Teacher, Birth story, hawk, quail), 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:pg74064:13:37 # text = The Teacher, having proclaimed the Truths by the narration of this fable, identified the personages in the Birth-story as follows: “At that time the hawk was Devadatta, but the quail was I myself.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 aux _ _ 5 proclaimed proclaim VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 acl:relcl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Truths Truth PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 5 obl:agent _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 narration narration NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 13 fable fable NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 15 identified identify VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 personages personage NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 20 Birth birth NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 24 follows follow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 : : PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 26 “ " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 At at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 det _ _ 29 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 hawk hawk NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 33 Devadatta Devadatta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 quail quail NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 33 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **proclaim** | gerund · perfect | | the Teacher *not said here* | | | | by the narration of this fable; the Truths *obl:agent* | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **identify** | past | the Teacher | the personages | | the Birth story | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent personage=Theme clause=Attribute | | 3 | **follow** | present | the Birth story *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | the hawk | Devadatta | | | time | | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | the quail | the quail *= quail* | | | | I *nsubj* | tree rules | | 6 | **narrate** | | | this fable | | | | | nom narration «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/13/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/13/37/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/13/)