--- title: From this time on, the moment he throws the net over you, let each q… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics description: From this time on, the moment he throws the net over you, let each quail stick his head through a single mesh, lift the net, and carrying it wherever you will, let it down on some thorn-brake. Who acts: moment, quail, carrying. 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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 (moment, quail, carrying), 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:pg74064:5:108 # text = From this time on, the moment he throws the net over you, let each quail stick his head through a single mesh, lift the net, and carrying it wherever you will, let it down on some thorn-brake. 1 From from ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 4 on on ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 throws throw VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 net net NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 over over ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 16 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 17 det _ _ 17 quail quail NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 stick stick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 through through ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 mesh mesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 lift lift VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 net net NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 31 carrying carry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 37 csubj _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 wherever wherever ADV WRB PronType=Int 35 advmod _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 37 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 down down ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ _ 40 on on ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 41 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 44 det _ _ 42 thorn thorn NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 brake brake NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | present | the moment | the net | | | time | over you; Buddha *nsubj* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent net=Theme over you=Destination | | 2 | **let** | infinitive | the moment *not said here* | each quail | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **stick** | infinitive | each quail *not said here* | Buddha's head | | a single mesh | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent head=Theme through mesh=Destination | | 4 | **lift** | present | the moment *not said here* | the net | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent net=Theme | | 5 | **carry** | gerund | | net | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 6 | **let down** | future | carrying | net | | some thorn brake | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent it=Theme on brake=Asset | 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 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/5/103/) - next →: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/5/105/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/5/)