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title: And they gazed at the countenance of the Teacher, resplendent with t… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics
description: And they gazed at the countenance of the Teacher, resplendent with the glory of the full moon; at his form, a form like that of Great Brahmā, adorned with the greater and lesser marks of beauty, encircled with a radiance a fathom deep; at the solid rays of a Buddha which issued from his body, formin
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# The grateful elephant, Opening, part 14, sentence 149

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And they gazed at the countenance of the Teacher, resplendent with the glory of the full moon; at his form, a form like that of Great Brahmā, adorned with the greater and lesser marks of beauty, encircled with a radiance a fathom deep; at the solid rays of a Buddha which issued from his body, forming, as it were, garland after garland and pair after pair.

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**Who acts:** offerings, Buddha, body, full moon, Teacher · **What happens:** gaze, adorn, encircle, issue, form, be · **To what, where:** greater marks, body, Great, beauty, Buddha

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This is a sentence of «The grateful elephant» by Eugene Watson Burlingame, Opening, part 14. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (offerings, Buddha, body, full moon), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg74064:14:158
# text = And they gazed at the countenance of the Teacher, resplendent with the glory of the full moon; at his form, a form like that of Great Brahmā, adorned with the greater and lesser marks of beauty, encircled with a radiance a fathom deep; at the solid rays of a Buddha which issued from his body, forming, as it were, garland after garland and pair after pair.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gazed	gaze	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	countenance	countenance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Teacher	Teacher	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	resplendent	resplendent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	glory	glory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	22	punct	_	_
20	at	at	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
24	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	appos	_	_
26	like	like	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	25	nmod	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	Great	Great	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	_
30	Brahmā	Brahmā	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
32	adorned	adorn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	22	conj	_	_
33	with	with	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
35	greater	great	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	38	amod	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
37	lesser	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	35	conj	_	_
38	marks	mark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	obl	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
40	beauty	beauty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
42	encircled	encircle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	38	acl	_	_
43	with	with	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	radiance	radiance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obl	_	_
46	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	fathom	fathom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obl:unmarked	_	_
48	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	53	punct	_	_
50	at	at	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
52	solid	solid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	53	amod	_	_
53	rays	ray	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
54	of	of	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
55	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
56	Buddha	buddha	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	nmod	_	_
57	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	58	nsubj	_	_
58	issued	issue	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	56	acl:relcl	_	_
59	from	from	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
60	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	61	nmod:poss	_	_
61	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	_
63	forming	form	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	69	punct	_	_
65	as	as	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
66	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	69	nsubj	_	_
67	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	69	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	69	punct	_	_
69	garland	garland	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	obl	_	_
70	after	after	ADP	IN	_	71	case	_	_
71	garland	garland	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	69	nmod	_	_
72	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	73	cc	_	_
73	pair	pair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	69	conj	_	_
74	after	after	ADP	IN	_	75	case	_	_
75	pair	pair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	73	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
76	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gaze** | past | offerings *= offering* |  |  |  |  | at the solid rays of a Buddha; at the countenance of the Teacher; Teacher's form *parataxis* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at countenance=Theme |
| 2 | **adorn** | participle | offerings *= offering* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with the greater marks of beauty | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with mark=Theme |
| 3 | **encircle** | participle |  | the greater marks of beauty *not said here* |  |  |  | with a radiance | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with radiance=Theme |
| 4 | **issue** | past | a Buddha |  |  | Teacher's body |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **form** | gerund | offerings *= offering* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **is** | past | body |  |  |  | after garland | as garland and pair after pair; pair after pair *conj* | tree rules |
| 7 | **glory** |  | the full moon |  |  |  |  |  | nom glory «state intransitive»: of=agent |
| 8 | **form** |  | Teacher |  |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
| 9 | **form** |  |  | Great |  |  |  | like that | nom form «communication transitive»: like=obl of=patient |
| 10 | **mark** |  |  | beauty |  |  |  |  | nom mark «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
| 11 | **ray** |  |  | a Buddha |  |  |  |  | nom ray «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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.

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