--- title: The parrot also, at the mere word, came down from the top of the tre… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics description: The parrot also, at the mere word, came down from the top of the tree, and bowing to the Future Buddha, asked: “Tell me, Reverend Sir, shall I speak to my kinsfolk and have them fetch you self-sown rice from the region of Himavat?” Who acts: parrot, I, words. A sentence of «The grateful elephant» by --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/4/44/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The grateful elephant](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/) / [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/4/) / 44 # The grateful elephant, Opening, part 4, sentence 44 The parrot also, at the mere word, came down from the top of the tree, and bowing to the Future Buddha, asked: “Tell me, Reverend Sir, shall I speak to my kinsfolk and have them fetch you self-sown rice from the region of Himavat?” **Who acts:** parrot, I, words · **What happens:** come down, bow, ask, tell, speak, have · **To what, where:** top, me, words, self sown rice, you, region · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The grateful elephant» by Eugene Watson Burlingame, Opening, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (parrot, I, words), 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:pg74064:4:47 # text = The parrot also, at the mere word, came down from the top of the tree, and bowing to the Future Buddha, asked: “Tell me, Reverend Sir, shall I speak to my kinsfolk and have them fetch you self-sown rice from the region of Himavat?” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 parrot parrot NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 3 also also ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 mere mere NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 10 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 down down ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 from from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 bowing bow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 Future Future PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 Buddha Buddha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 27 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 28 “ " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 Tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 ccomp _ _ 30 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 Reverend Reverend PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 kinsfolk kinsfolk NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 43 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 fetch fetch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 self self NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 47 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 sown sow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 amod _ _ 49 rice rice NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 50 from from ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 region region NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 Himavat Himavat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ? ? PUNCT . _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ” " PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come down** | past | the parrot and the mere word | | | the top of the tree | | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from top=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **bow** | gerund | the parrot and the mere word *not said here* | | | | | to the Future Buddha | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to buddha=Pivot | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | | | me | | | Reverend Sir *vocative* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 5 | **speak** *speech: other* *in a quote* | shall | I | | | | | to my kinsfolk | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to kinsfolk=Co-Agent | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | present | | words *= word* | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **fetch** *in a quote* | infinitive | words *= word* *not said here* | self sown rice | you | the region of Himavat | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary rice=Theme | | 8 | **sow** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/4/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/4/45/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/4/)