--- title: Again one day, desiring to test the snake, the rat, and the parrot,… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics description: Again one day, desiring to test the snake, the rat, and the parrot, he went with a large retinue to the place of abode of the snake and called him out, saying: “Longfellow!” Who acts: Buddha. 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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 (Buddha), 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:pg74064:4:80 # text = Again one day, desiring to test the snake, the rat, and the parrot, he went with a large retinue to the place of abode of the snake and called him out, saying: “Longfellow!” 1 Again again ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 5 desiring desire VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 test test VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 rat rat NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 parrot parrot NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 retinue retinue NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 abode abode NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 out out ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 : : PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 39 “ " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 Longfellow longfellow NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ! ! PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **desire** | gerund | Buddha *not said here* | the rat the parrot | | | again | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **test** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Buddha *not said here* | the snake | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snake=Theme | | 3 | **go** | past | Buddha | | | the place of abode of the snake | | with a large retinue | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to place=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **call out** *speech: assert* | past | Buddha *not said here* | | Buddha | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Buddha *not said here* | Longfellow | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent longfellow=Topic | 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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/4/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/4/77/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/4/)