--- title: But in the later versions he is identified in turn with a wise ascet… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics description: But in the later versions he is identified in turn with a wise ascetic (17 _b_, 18 _b_), a wise partridge (19 _b_), a wise quail (20 _b_), an honest dicer (23 _b_), and a wise caravan-leader (24 _b_). A sentence of «The grateful elephant» by Eugene Watson Burlingame, Opening, part 2, with its depend --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/2/34/) [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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/2/) / 34 # The grateful elephant, Opening, part 2, sentence 34 But in the later versions he is identified in turn with a wise ascetic (17 \_b\_, 18 \_b\_), a wise partridge (19 \_b\_), a wise quail (20 \_b\_), an honest dicer (23 \_b\_), and a wise caravan-leader (24 \_b\_). **What happens:** identify · **To what, where:** Buddha, later versions This is a sentence of «The grateful elephant» by Eugene Watson Burlingame, Opening, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: 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:pg74064:2:36 # text = But in the later versions he is identified in turn with a wise ascetic (17 _b_, 18 _b_), a wise partridge (19 _b_), a wise quail (20 _b_), an honest dicer (23 _b_), and a wise caravan-leader (24 _b_). 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 later late ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 versions version NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 identified identify VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 turn turn NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 ascetic ascetic NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 15 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 17 17 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 14 appos _ _ 17 _ _ SYM SYM _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 b B NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 19 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 18 18 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 16 conj _ _ 22 _ _ SYM SYM _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 b B NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 24 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 partridge partridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 30 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 19 19 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 29 appos _ _ 32 _ _ SYM SYM _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 b B NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 34 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 quail quail NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 40 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 20 20 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 39 appos _ _ 42 _ _ SYM SYM _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 b B NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 44 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 dicer dicer NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 50 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 23 23 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 49 appos _ _ 52 _ _ SYM SYM _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 b B NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 54 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 58 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 59 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 60 caravan caravan NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 61 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 leader leader NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 63 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 24 24 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 62 appos _ _ 65 _ _ SYM SYM _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 b B NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | present · passive | | Buddha | | the later versions | | in turn with a wise ascetic and a wise partridge and a wise quail and a honest dicer; a wise caravan leader *obl* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme | 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/2/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/2/35/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/2/)