--- title: The Future Buddha, taking those tusks in his trunk, said: “Master ma… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics description: The Future Buddha, taking those tusks in his trunk, said: “Master man, not with the thought, ‘These tusks are not dear to me, not pleasing to me,’ do I give you these tusks. Who acts: Future Buddha, tusks. 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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 (Future Buddha, tusks), 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:pg74064:4:152 # text = The Future Buddha, taking those tusks in his trunk, said: “Master man, not with the thought, ‘These tusks are not dear to me, not pleasing to me,’ do I give you these tusks. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Future Future PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Buddha Buddha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 taking take VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 6 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 tusks tusk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 trunk trunk NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 13 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 Master master PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 These this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 25 det _ _ 25 tusks tusk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 26 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 28 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 parataxis _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 33 pleasing please VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ’ ' CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 iobj _ _ 42 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 43 det _ _ 43 tusks tusk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | gerund | the Future Buddha *not said here* | that tusks | | Buddha's trunk | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent tusk=Value in trunk=Location | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Future Buddha | | | | | Master's man and the thought *ccomp* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | this tusks | | the Future Buddha *= buddha* | | | dear *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **please** *in a quote* | gerund | the Future Buddha *not said here* | | the Future Buddha *= buddha* | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **give** *in a quote* | present · do-support | the Future Buddha *= buddha* | this tusks | you | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient tusk=Theme | 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 145](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/4/145/) - next →: [sentence 147](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/4/147/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/4/)