--- title: When the Teacher had related this parable, he said: “Thus, household… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics description: When the Teacher had related this parable, he said: “Thus, householder, in times past those who grasped with the grasp of speculation came to a sorry end, but those who grasped Absolute Truth escaped from the hands of demons, went in safety to the place where they would be, and went back again to th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/15/124/) [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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/15/) / 124 # The grateful elephant, Opening, part 15, sentence 124 When the Teacher had related this parable, he said: “Thus, householder, in times past those who grasped with the grasp of speculation came to a sorry end, but those who grasped Absolute Truth escaped from the hands of demons, went in safety to the place where they would be, and went back again to their own place.” **Who acts:** Teacher, householder, Absolute · **What happens:** relate, say, grasp, come, escape, go · **To what, where:** parable, sorry end, hands, safety, speculation · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The grateful elephant» by Eugene Watson Burlingame, Opening, part 15. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Teacher, householder, Absolute), 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:pg74064:15:124 # text = When the Teacher had related this parable, he said: “Thus, householder, in times past those who grasped with the grasp of speculation came to a sorry end, but those who grasped Absolute Truth escaped from the hands of demons, went in safety to the place where they would be, and went back again to their own place.” 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Teacher Teacher PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 related relate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 6 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 parable parable NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 12 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Thus thus ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 15 householder householder NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 19 past past ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 18 nmod _ _ 21 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 22 grasped grasp VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 grasp grasp NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 speculation speculation NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 28 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 37 det _ _ 36 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 37 grasped grasp VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 parataxis _ _ 38 Absolute Absolute PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 39 Truth Truth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 flat _ _ 40 escaped escape VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 41 from from ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 demons demon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 safety safety NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 53 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 56 advmod _ _ 54 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 55 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 56 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 52 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 59 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 60 back back ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 61 again again ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 62 to to ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 63 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 65 nmod:poss _ _ 64 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 65 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 67 ” " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **relate** | past · perfect | the Teacher | this parable | | | | | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parable=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Teacher | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **grasp** *in a quote* | past | | | | | | with the grasp of speculation; who *nsubj* | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with grasp=Instrument | | 4 | **come** *in a quote* | past | householder | | | | to a sorry end | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to end=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **grasp** *in a quote* | past | | | | | | who *nsubj* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **escape** *in a quote* | past | Absolute | | | the hands of demons | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from hand=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **go** *in a quote* | past | | | | safety | | to the place | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to place=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **go back** *in a quote* | past | householder *not said here* | | | | again | to places's own place *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to place=Result | | 9 | **grasp** *in a quote* | | | speculation | | | | | nom grasp «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/15/123/) - next →: [sentence 125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/15/125/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/15/)