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title: When, however, pairs of cloths had been given to all of the carpente… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics
description: When, however, pairs of cloths had been given to all of the carpenters, when under-garments had been given to the carpenters’ wives, and when the proper attentions had been paid to the children he had played with, then the elephant turned around, and eyeing the carpenters and their wives and their c
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# The grateful elephant, Opening, part 3, sentence 62

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When, however, pairs of cloths had been given to all of the carpenters, when under-garments had been given to the carpenters’ wives, and when the proper attentions had been paid to the children he had played with, then the elephant turned around, and eyeing the carpenters and their wives and their children as he went, accompanied the king.

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**Who acts:** Elephant · **What happens:** give, pay, play, turn around, eye, go · **To what, where:** pairs, all, wives, garments, proper attentions, carpenters

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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 (Elephant), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg74064:3:64
# text = When, however, pairs of cloths had been given to all of the carpenters, when under-garments had been given to the carpenters’ wives, and when the proper attentions had been paid to the children he had played with, then the elephant turned around, and eyeing the carpenters and their wives and their children as he went, accompanied the king.
1	When	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	3	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	however	however	ADV	RB	_	10	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	pairs	pair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	cloths	cloth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	carpenters	carpenter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
17	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	23	mark	_	_
18	under	under	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	garments	garment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	obl	_	_
21	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
22	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	23	aux:pass	_	_
23	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	conj	_	_
24	to	to	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	carpenters	carpenter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	’	's	PART	POS	_	26	case	_	_
28	wives	wife	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
31	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	37	mark	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
33	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
34	attentions	attention	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	nsubj:pass	_	_
35	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	37	aux	_	_
36	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	37	aux:pass	_	_
37	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	43	advcl	_	_
38	to	to	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	obl	_	_
41	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	43	nsubj	_	_
42	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	43	aux	_	_
43	played	play	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	parataxis	_	_
44	with	with	ADP	IN	_	43	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
46	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	49	advmod	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	elephant	elephant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	nsubj	_	_
49	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
50	around	around	ADV	RB	_	49	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
52	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
53	eyeing	eye	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	49	advcl	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
55	carpenters	carpenter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	53	obj	_	_
56	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	_
57	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	58	nmod:poss	_	_
58	wives	wife	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	55	conj	_	_
59	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	61	cc	_	_
60	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	61	nmod:poss	_	_
61	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	55	conj	_	_
62	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	64	mark	_	_
63	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	64	nsubj	_	_
64	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	53	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	66	punct	_	_
66	accompanied	accompany	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	64	conj	_	_
67	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	68	det	_	_
68	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	66	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past · perfect · passive |  | pairs of cloths | all of the carpenters |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to all=Recipient |
| 2 | **give** | past · perfect · passive |  |  | the carpenters's wives | garments |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: to wife=Recipient |
| 3 | **pay** | past · perfect · passive |  | the proper attentions |  |  |  | to the children | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset |
| 4 | **play** | past · perfect | Elephant |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **turn around** | past | the elephant |  |  |  | then | around *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **eye** | gerund | the elephant *not said here* | the carpenters and attentions's wives and attentions's children |  |  |  |  | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer carpenter=Stimulus |
| 7 | **go** | past | Elephant |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 8 | **accompany** | past | Elephant *not said here* | the king |  |  |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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