--- title: So making incisions all round the splinter with a sharp knife, they… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics description: So making incisions all round the splinter with a sharp knife, they tied a cord to the splinter, removed the splinter with a pull, let out the pus, washed the wound with hot water, and by applying proper remedies, in no very long time made the wound comfortable. Who acts: carpenters. A sentence of « --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/3/34/) [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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/3/) / 34 # The grateful elephant, Opening, part 3, sentence 34 So making incisions all round the splinter with a sharp knife, they tied a cord to the splinter, removed the splinter with a pull, let out the pus, washed the wound with hot water, and by applying proper remedies, in no very long time made the wound comfortable. **Who acts:** carpenters · **What happens:** make, tie, remove, let out, wash, apply · **To what, where:** incisions, cord, splinter, pus, wound, proper remedies 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 (carpenters), 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:pg74064:3:36 # text = So making incisions all round the splinter with a sharp knife, they tied a cord to the splinter, removed the splinter with a pull, let out the pus, washed the wound with hot water, and by applying proper remedies, in no very long time made the wound comfortable. 1 So so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 3 incisions incision NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 all all ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 5 round round ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 splinter splinter NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 tied tie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 cord cord NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 splinter splinter NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 removed remove VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 splinter splinter NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 pull pull NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 29 out out ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 pus pus NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 washed wash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 wound wound NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 41 by by SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 42 applying apply VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 51 advcl _ _ 43 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 remedies remedy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 47 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 50 det _ _ 48 very very ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 51 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 wound wound NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 54 comfortable comfortable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | gerund | carpenters *= carpenter* *not said here* | incisions | | | | round the splinter with a sharp knife | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset incision=Product | | 2 | **tie** | past | carpenters *= carpenter* | a cord | | | | to the splinter | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent cord=Patient to splinter=Co-Patient | | 3 | **remove** | past | carpenters *= carpenter* *not said here* | the splinter | | | | with a pull | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent splinter=Theme | | 4 | **let out** | infinitive | carpenters *= carpenter* *not said here* | the pus | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pus=Theme | | 5 | **wash** | past | carpenters *= carpenter* *not said here* | the wound | | | | with hot water | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent wound=Patient with water=Instrument | | 6 | **apply** | gerund | | proper remedies | | | time | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remedy=Theme | | 7 | **make** | past | carpenters *= carpenter* *not said here* | the wound | | | | comfortable *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset wound=Product | 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/pg74064/3/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/3/35/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/3/)