--- title: Then, marking all of the timbers, beginning with the pillars, they w… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics description: Then, marking all of the timbers, beginning with the pillars, they would carry them to the river-bank, load them on a boat, return to the city with the current, and for a price build for any particular person any particular kind of house he desired to have built. Who acts: carpenters, person. 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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 (carpenters, person), 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:pg74064:3:29 # text = Then, marking all of the timbers, beginning with the pillars, they would carry them to the river-bank, load them on a boat, return to the city with the current, and for a price build for any particular person any particular kind of house he desired to have built. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 marking mark VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 4 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 timbers timber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 beginning begin VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 pillars pillar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 20 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 bank bank NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 load load VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 current current NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 price price NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 build build NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 parataxis _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 46 det _ _ 45 particular particular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 47 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 49 det _ _ 48 particular particular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ _ 52 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 desired desire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 acl:relcl _ _ 54 to to PART TO _ 56 mark _ _ 55 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 56 aux _ _ 56 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 53 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mark** | gerund | carpenters *= carpenter* *not said here* | all of the timbers | | | then | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent all=Destination | | 2 | **begin** | gerund | carpenters *= carpenter* *not said here* | | | | | with the pillars | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with pillar=Subeventuality | | 3 | **carry** | would | carpenters *= carpenter* | pillars *= pillar* | | the river bank | | a price build for any particular person *parataxis* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to bank=Destination | | 4 | **load** | infinitive | carpenters *= carpenter* *not said here* | carpenters *= carpenter* | | a boat | | | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme on boat=Destination | | 5 | **return** | infinitive | carpenters *= carpenter* *not said here* | | | | | to the city with the current *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to city=Result | | 6 | **desire** | past | person | any particular kind of house | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **build** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · perfect | person *not said here* | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/3/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/3/28/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/3/)