--- title: But when the parrot bowed to the ascetic, he said: “Reverend Sir, I… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics description: But when the parrot bowed to the ascetic, he said: “Reverend Sir, I have no money; but if you have need of ruddy rice,--such-and-such is my place of abode,--go there and call me out, saying: ‘Parrot!’ Who acts: parrot, ascetic, 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 (parrot, ascetic, 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:pg74064:4:27 # text = But when the parrot bowed to the ascetic, he said: “Reverend Sir, I have no money; but if you have need of ruddy rice,--such-and-such is my place of abode,--go there and call me out, saying: ‘Parrot!’ 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 parrot parrot NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 bowed bow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 ccomp _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 ascetic ascetic NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 Reverend Reverend PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 19 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 20 det _ _ 20 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 23 if if SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 advcl _ _ 26 need need NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 ruddy ruddy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 rice rice NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 -- -- PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 38 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 abode abode NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 -- -- PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 45 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 44 advmod _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 call call VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ _ 48 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 out out ADP RP _ 47 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 51 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 47 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 : : PUNCT : _ 54 punct _ _ 53 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 Parrot parrot NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ! ! PUNCT . _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 54 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bow** | participle | the parrot | | | | | to the ascetic | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to ascetic=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: express* | past | ascetic | | | | | Parrot *parataxis* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **have** *in a quote* | present | ascetic | no money | | | | Reverend Sir *vocative* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient | | 4 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | need of ruddy rice | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent need=Patient | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | you *not said here* | my such such place | | | | of abode; my *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 6 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | there | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **call out** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | | | ascetic | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **need** *in a quote* | | | ruddy rice | | | | | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/4/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/4/26/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/4/)