--- title: For while the Congregation of Monks, sitting in the Hall of Truth, w… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics description: For while the Congregation of Monks, sitting in the Hall of Truth, were discussing Devadatta’s wickedness, saying, “Brethren, Devadatta knows not the Teacher’s virtues, but is going about for the sole purpose of killing him,” the Teacher drew near and asked: “Monks, what is the subject that engages --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/3/110/) [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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/3/) / 110 # The grateful elephant, Opening, part 3, sentence 110 For while the Congregation of Monks, sitting in the Hall of Truth, were discussing Devadatta’s wickedness, saying, “Brethren, Devadatta knows not the Teacher’s virtues, but is going about for the sole purpose of killing him,” the Teacher drew near and asked: “Monks, what is the subject that engages your attention now as you sit here all gathered together?” **Who acts:** Monks, Teacher, Devadatta, sole purpose, subject, your · **What happens:** sit, discuss, say, not know, go about, kill · **To what, where:** Hall, wickedness, Brethren, Devadatta, Monks, subject · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The grateful elephant» by Eugene Watson Burlingame, Opening, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Monks, Teacher, Devadatta, sole purpose), 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:pg74064:3:114 # text = For while the Congregation of Monks, sitting in the Hall of Truth, were discussing Devadatta’s wickedness, saying, “Brethren, Devadatta knows not the Teacher’s virtues, but is going about for the sole purpose of killing him,” the Teacher drew near and asked: “Monks, what is the subject that engages your attention now as you sit here all gathered together?” 1 For for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 while while SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Congregation congregation NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Monks monk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Hall Hall PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Truth Truth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 15 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 discussing discuss VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 49 advcl _ _ 17 Devadatta Devadatta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ’s 's PART POS _ 17 case _ _ 19 wickedness wickedness NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 “ " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 Brethren Brethren PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 Devadatta Devadatta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Teacher Teacher PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ’s 's PART POS _ 30 case _ _ 32 virtues virtue NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 conj _ _ 37 about about ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 sole sole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 42 of of SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 43 killing kill VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 41 acl _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ” " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 Teacher Teacher PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 49 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 50 near near ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 : : PUNCT : _ 55 punct _ _ 54 “ " PUNCT `` _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 Monks monk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 57 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 60 nsubj _ _ 58 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 cop _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 subject subject NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nmod _ _ 61 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 62 nsubj _ _ 62 engages engage VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 acl:relcl _ _ 63 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 64 nmod:poss _ _ 64 attention attention NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obj _ _ 65 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 68 advmod _ _ 66 as as SCONJ IN _ 68 mark _ _ 67 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 68 nsubj _ _ 68 sit sit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 ccomp _ _ 69 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 68 advmod _ _ 70 all all ADV RB _ 71 advmod _ _ 71 gathered gather VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 68 advcl _ _ 72 together together ADV RB _ 71 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 73 ? ? PUNCT . _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 74 ” " PUNCT '' _ 49 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | gerund | Monks *not said here* | | | the Hall of Truth | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in hall=Location | | 2 | **discuss** *speech: other* | past · progressive | the Teacher *not said here* | Devadatta's wickedness | | | | for the Congregation of Monks | vn chit\_chat-37.6-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wickedness=Topic | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the Teacher *not said here* | Brethren | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent brethren=Topic | | 4 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | present | Devadatta | Brethren *not said here* | | | | the Teacher's virtues *ccomp* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer brethren=Stimulus | | 5 | **go about** *in a quote* | present · progressive | the Teacher *not said here* | | | | | for the sole purpose; about *property* | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **kill** *in a quote* | gerund | the sole purpose *not said here* | Devadatta | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 7 | **draw** | past | the Teacher | | | | | near *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the Teacher *not said here* | | Monks | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent monk=Recipient clause=Topic | | 9 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Monks | the subject | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **engage** *in a quote* | present | the subject | your attention | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Patient | | 11 | **sit** *in a quote* | present | Monks *= monk* | | | here | now | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **gather** *in a quote* | participle | Monks *= monk* *not said here* | | | | | all, together *property* | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 13 | **attend** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom attention «cognition intransitive»: poss=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 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/3/109/) - next →: [sentence 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/3/111/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/3/)