--- title: Then Jīmūta-vāhana went to the wishing-tree and said: “O tree-spirit… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics description: Then Jīmūta-vāhana went to the wishing-tree and said: “O tree-spirit, thou that dost grant to us the fruit that we desire, fulfil to-day this one wish of mine: Deliver all living beings from poverty and distress.” Who acts: Jīmūta vāhana, we, mine. 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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 (Jīmūta vāhana, we, mine), 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:pg74064:16:40 # text = Then Jīmūta-vāhana went to the wishing-tree and said: “O tree-spirit, thou that dost grant to us the fruit that we desire, fulfil to-day this one wish of mine: Deliver all living beings from poverty and distress.” 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 Jīmūta Jīmūta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 vāhana vāhana NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 8 wishing wishing NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 O o INTJ UH _ 18 discourse _ _ 16 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 appos _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 22 dost do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 23 grant grant NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 obj _ _ 29 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 desire desire VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 fulfil fulfil VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 38 det _ _ 37 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 nummod _ _ 38 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 appos _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 mine my PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 : : PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 42 Deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 43 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 45 det _ _ 44 living live VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 45 amod _ _ 45 beings being NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ _ 46 from from ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 poverty poverty NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 distress distress NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ” " PUNCT '' _ 42 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Jīmūta vāhana | | | the wishing tree | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to tree=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Jīmūta vāhana *not said here* | | | | | tree spirit *ccomp* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **do** *in a quote* | present | Jīmūta vāhana *not said here* | grant | us | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grant=Eventuality | | 4 | **desire** *in a quote* | present | we | the fruit | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot that=Theme | | 5 | **fulfil** *in a quote* | present | we *not said here* | | | | day | | tree rules | | 6 | **deliver** *in a quote* | infinitive | | all living beings | | poverty and distress | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent being=Theme from poverty=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **live** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **wish** *in a quote* | | mine | | | | | | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: of=agent | 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/16/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/16/39/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/16/)