--- title: The carpenters went forth to meet the king, and said: “Your majesty,… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics description: The carpenters went forth to meet the king, and said: “Your majesty, if you have need of timber, why did you yourself come? why shouldn’t you have sent men to get it?” Who acts: carpenters, you. 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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, you), 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:pg74064:3:55 # text = The carpenters went forth to meet the king, and said: “Your majesty, if you have need of timber, why did you yourself come? why shouldn’t you have sent men to get it?” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 carpenters carpenter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 forth forth ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 if if SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 20 need need NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 timber timber NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ _ 25 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 26 nmod _ _ 28 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ? ? PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ _ 30 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 35 advmod _ _ 31 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 32 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 advcl _ _ 36 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | the carpenters | | | | | forth *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **meet** | to-infinitive | the carpenters *not said here* | the king | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Co-Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | the carpenters *not said here* | | | | | Your majesty *ccomp* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | need of timber | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent need=Patient | | 5 | **come** *in a quote* | past · do-support | you | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **not** **send** *in a quote* | should · perfect · passive | | you | | | | men *obj* | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination man=Theme | | 7 | **get** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | need | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 8 | **need** *in a quote* | | | timber | | | | | nom need «state transitive»: of=patient | 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/3/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/3/54/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/3/)