--- title: On the following day, very early in the morning, he had his men do a… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics description: On the following day, very early in the morning, he had his men do all their chores, feed the oxen, discard the weak carts, substitute strong ones, throw away goods of little value, substitute those of great value. Who acts: particle, men. 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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 (particle, men), 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:pg74064:15:122 # text = On the following day, very early in the morning, he had his men do all their chores, feed the oxen, discard the weak carts, substitute strong ones, throw away goods of little value, substitute those of great value. 1 On on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 amod _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 16 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ _ 17 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 19 det:predet _ _ 18 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 chores chore NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 feed feed VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 oxen oxen NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 discard discard NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 weak weak ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 carts cart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 substitute substitute VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 31 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 throw throw VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 30 parataxis _ _ 35 away away ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 goods goods NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 34 obj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 value value NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 substitute substitute VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 42 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 41 obj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 value value NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **have** | past | particle | | | | day | | tree rules | | 3 | **do** | present | particle's men | men's chores | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chore=Eventuality | | 4 | **feed** | present | | the oxen and discard | | | | the weak carts *obj* | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent oxen=Recipient cart=Theme | | 5 | **substitute** | present | | strong ones | | | | | vn substitute-13.6.2 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Theme one=Location | | 6 | **throw away** | infinitive | | goods of little value | | | | away *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goods=Theme | | 7 | **substitute** | infinitive | | those of great value | | | | | vn substitute-13.6.2 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Theme that=Location | 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 121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/15/121/) - next →: [sentence 123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/15/123/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/15/)