--- title: So long as he was winning, he would not break the play-ring; but whe… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics description: So long as he was winning, he would not break the play-ring; but when he lost, he would put a die in his mouth, say, “A die is lost!” break the play-ring, and make off. Who acts: Buddha. A sentence of «The grateful elephant» by Eugene Watson Burlingame, Opening, part 14, with its dependency tree and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/14/70/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The grateful elephant](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/) / [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/14/) / 70 # The grateful elephant, Opening, part 14, sentence 70 So long as he was winning, he would not break the play-ring; but when he lost, he would put a die in his mouth, say, “A die is lost!” break the play-ring, and make off. **Who acts:** Buddha · **What happens:** win, not break, lose, put, say, break · **To what, where:** play ring, die, mouth · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (Buddha), 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:pg74064:14:75 # text = So long as he was winning, he would not break the play-ring; but when he lost, he would put a die in his mouth, say, “A die is lost!” break the play-ring, and make off. 1 So so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 11 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 winning win VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 play play NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 18 when when SCONJ WRB _ 20 mark _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 die die NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 “ " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 die die NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ! ! PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ” " PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ 40 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 42 play play NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 48 off off ADP RP _ 47 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **win** | past · progressive | Buddha | | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **break** | would | Buddha | the play ring | | | | long *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ring=Patient | | 3 | **lose** | past | Buddha | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **put** | would | Buddha | a die | | Buddha's mouth | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent die=Theme in mouth=Destination | | 5 | **say** *speech: express* | infinitive | Buddha *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **lose** *in a quote* | present · passive | | a die | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **break** | infinitive | | the play ring | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ring=Patient | | 8 | **make off** | infinitive | Buddha *not said here* | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | 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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/14/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/14/71/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/14/)