--- title: She also, when her mother came to the place where she was pounding r… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics description: She also, when her mother came to the place where she was pounding rice and said to her, “My dear, shoo the flies away from me!”--she also, in the very same way, struck her mother with a pestle and killed her and began to weep. Who acts: Girl. 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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 (Girl), 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:pg74064:13:103 # text = She also, when her mother came to the place where she was pounding rice and said to her, “My dear, shoo the flies away from me!”--she also, in the very same way, struck her mother with a pestle and killed her and began to weep. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 2 also also ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 when when SCONJ WRB _ 7 mark _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|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 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 14 advmod _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 pounding pound VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 acl:relcl _ _ 15 rice rice NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 “ " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 shoo shoo VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 flies fly NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 28 away away ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 29 from from ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ! ! PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ” " PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 -- -- PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 35 also also ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 39 very very ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 43 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 44 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 with with ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 pestle pestle NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ _ 51 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ _ 54 to to PART TO _ 55 mark _ _ 55 weep weep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Girl | | | the place | | Girl's mother *nsubj* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to place=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **pound** | past · progressive | Girl | rice | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rice=Product | | 3 | **say** *speech: express* | past | Girl *not said here* | | Girl | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **shoo away** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the flies | | | | from Girl; away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent fly=Theme from i=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **strike** | past | Girl | Girl's mother | | the same way | | with a pestle | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent mother=Patient with pestle=Instrument | | 6 | **kill** | past | Girl *not said here* | Girl | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 7 | **begin** | past | Girl *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **weep** | to-infinitive | Girl *not said here* | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=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 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/13/97/) - next →: [sentence 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/13/99/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/13/)