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title: And because the kingdom of Jīmūta-ketu was weak, they determined to… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics
description: And because the kingdom of Jīmūta-ketu was weak, they determined to attack it and overthrow it, and to take possession of the wishing-tree that granted all desires. Who acts: kingdom, relatives, wishing tree. A sentence of «The grateful elephant» by Eugene Watson Burlingame, Opening, part 16, with i
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# The grateful elephant, Opening, part 16, sentence 41

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And because the kingdom of Jīmūta-ketu was weak, they determined to attack it and overthrow it, and to take possession of the wishing-tree that granted all desires.

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**Who acts:** kingdom, relatives, wishing tree · **What happens:** be, determine, attack, overthrow, take, grant · **To what, where:** kingdom, possession, desires, wishing tree

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This is a sentence of «The grateful elephant» by Eugene Watson Burlingame, Opening, part 16. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (kingdom, relatives, wishing tree), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg74064:16:43
# text = And because the kingdom of Jīmūta-ketu was weak, they determined to attack it and overthrow it, and to take possession of the wishing-tree that granted all desires.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
2	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	Jīmūta	Jīmūta	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	ketu	ketu	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	determined	determine	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	attack	attack	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	overthrow	overthrow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	conj	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
22	to	to	PART	TO	_	23	mark	_	_
23	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	conj	_	_
24	possession	possession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
27	wishing	wishing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	_
30	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	31	nsubj	_	_
31	granted	grant	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	acl:relcl	_	_
32	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	33	det	_	_
33	desires	desire	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the kingdom of Jīmūta ketu |  |  |  |  | weak *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **determine** | past | relatives *= relative* |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **attack** | to-infinitive | relatives *= relative* *not said here* | kingdom |  |  |  |  | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 4 | **overthrow** | infinitive | relatives *= relative* *not said here* | kingdom |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **take** | to-infinitive | relatives *= relative* *not said here* | possession of the wishing tree |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent possession=Theme |
| 6 | **grant** | past | the wishing tree | all desires |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent desire=Theme |
| 7 | **possess** |  |  | the wishing tree |  |  |  |  | nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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.

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