--- title: Now at that moment the wise boar awoke, and hearing the words of the… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics description: Now at that moment the wise boar awoke, and hearing the words of the lioness, was delighted, and thought to himself: “This is the fruit of the merit which I have acquired in previous states of existence. Who acts: wise boar, hearing, This. 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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 (wise boar, hearing, This), 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:pg74064:16:1 # text = Now at that moment the wise boar awoke, and hearing the words of the lioness, was delighted, and thought to himself: “This is the fruit of the merit which I have acquired in previous states of existence. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 boar boar NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 awoke awake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 11 hearing hear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 19 csubj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 lioness lioness NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 19 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 thought think VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 conj _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 : : PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 26 “ " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 nsubj _ _ 28 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 parataxis _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 merit merit NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 34 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 acquired acquire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl:relcl _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 previous previous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 states state NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 existence existence NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **awake** | past | the wise boar | | | | now; moment | | tree rules | | 2 | **hear** | gerund | | the words of the lioness | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 3 | **is** | past | hearing | | | | | delighted *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | participle | hearing *not said here* | | boar | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | This | the fruit | | | | of the merit | tree rules | | 6 | **acquire** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | the merit | | previous states of existence | | I *nsubj* | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **word** | | | the lioness | | | | | nom word «communication 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: [Opening, part 15, 141](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/15/141/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/16/2/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/16/)