--- title: He adorned the elephant with all the adornments, sprinkled him, made… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics description: He adorned the elephant with all the adornments, sprinkled him, made him his riding-animal, elevated him to the dignity of a friend, gave him half his kingdom, and had him treated as himself. Who acts: Elephant. 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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 (Elephant), 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:pg74064:3:67 # text = He adorned the elephant with all the adornments, sprinkled him, made him his riding-animal, elevated him to the dignity of a friend, gave him half his kingdom, and had him treated as himself. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 adorned adorn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 elephant elephant NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 8 det:predet _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 adornments adornment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 sprinkled sprinkle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 16 riding riding NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 elevated elevate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 dignity dignity NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 iobj _ _ 31 half half DET PDT NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind 33 det:predet _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 treated treat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 xcomp _ _ 39 as as ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **adorn** | past | Elephant | | the elephant | | | with all adornments | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent elephant=Destination with adornment=Theme | | 2 | **sprinkle** | past | Elephant *not said here* | | Elephant | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Destination | | 3 | **make** | past | Elephant *not said here* | Elephant's riding animal | Elephant | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset he=Beneficiary animal=Product | | 4 | **elevate** | past | | Elephant | | the dignity of a friend | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to dignity=Destination | | 5 | **give** | past | | Elephant's kingdom | Elephant | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient kingdom=Theme | | 6 | **have** | past | Elephant *not said here* | Elephant | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **treat** | participle | Elephant *not said here* | | | | | as Elephant | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent as himself=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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/3/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/3/66/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/3/)