--- title: The Future Buddha, seeing what the son had done, thought: “Even an e… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics description: The Future Buddha, seeing what the son had done, thought: “Even an enemy, if he be a wise man, is better; for an enemy, though it be from fear of human vengeance, will not kill.” Who acts: Future Buddha, son, enemy, spot. 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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 (Future Buddha, son, enemy, spot), 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:pg74064:13:75 # text = The Future Buddha, seeing what the son had done, thought: “Even an enemy, if he be a wise man, is better; for an enemy, though it be from fear of human vengeance, will not kill.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Future Future PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Buddha Buddha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 6 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 thought think VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 13 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 Even even ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 16 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 19 if if SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 cop _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 27 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 12 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 though though SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 cop _ _ 36 from from ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 appos _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 vengeance vengeance NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 44 kill kill VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 31 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ” " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | gerund | the Future Buddha *not said here* | the Future Buddha | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 2 | **do** | past · perfect | the son | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | participle · passive | | the Future Buddha | | | | a enemy *parataxis* | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme | | 4 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | infinitive | son | a wise man | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | a enemy | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | spot | | | fear | | of human vengeance | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **kill** *in a quote* | future | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | 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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/13/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/13/72/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/13/)