--- title: That wicked man trod on the Great Being’s trunk,--that trunk which w… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics description: That wicked man trod on the Great Being’s trunk,--that trunk which was like unto a rope of silver; climbed up on the Great Being’s temples,--those temples which were like unto the snow-clad peaks of Kelāsa, with his heel kicking the tips of the tusks and loosening the flesh; and having mounted the t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/5/11/) [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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/5/) / 11 # The grateful elephant, Opening, part 5, sentence 11 That wicked man trod on the Great Being’s trunk,--that trunk which was like unto a rope of silver; climbed up on the Great Being’s temples,--those temples which were like unto the snow-clad peaks of Kelāsa, with his heel kicking the tips of the tusks and loosening the flesh; and having mounted the temples, with a sharp saw severed the stumps of the tusks, and went his way. **Who acts:** wicked man, trunk, temples, heel, sharp saw · **What happens:** tread, be, climb up, kick, loosen, mount · **To what, where:** Great trunk, Great temples, tips, flesh, temples, stumps This is a sentence of «The grateful elephant» by Eugene Watson Burlingame, Opening, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (wicked man, trunk, temples, heel), 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:pg74064:5:11 # text = That wicked man trod on the Great Being’s trunk,--that trunk which was like unto a rope of silver; climbed up on the Great Being’s temples,--those temples which were like unto the snow-clad peaks of Kelāsa, with his heel kicking the tips of the tusks and loosening the flesh; and having mounted the temples, with a sharp saw severed the stumps of the tusks, and went his way. 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 2 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 trod tread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 7 Great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 8 Being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’s 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 trunk trunk NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 -- -- PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 det _ _ 14 trunk trunk NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 appos _ _ 15 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 17 like like ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 unto unto ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 acl:relcl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 24 climbed climb VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 25 up up ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 28 Great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 29 Being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ’s 's PART POS _ 28 conj _ _ 31 temples temple NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 -- -- PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 35 det _ _ 35 temples temple NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 conj _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 37 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 38 like like ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 39 unto unto ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 41 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 clad clad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 peaks peak NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 parataxis _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 Kelāsa Kelāsa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 with with ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 heel heel NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 conj _ _ 51 kicking kick VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 50 acl _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 tips tip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 obj _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 tusks tusk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 nmod _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 58 loosening loosen VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 51 conj _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ; ; PUNCT : _ 64 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 63 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 64 aux _ _ 64 mounted mount VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 temples temple NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 68 with with SCONJ IN _ 72 mark _ _ 69 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 70 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 71 amod _ _ 71 saw saw NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 nsubj _ _ 72 severed sever VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 64 conj _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 74 stumps stump NOUN NNS Number=Plur 72 obj _ _ 75 of of ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 76 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 77 tusks tusk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 74 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 78 , , PUNCT , _ 80 punct _ _ 79 and and CCONJ CC _ 80 cc _ _ 80 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 72 conj _ _ 81 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 82 nmod:poss _ _ 82 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 80 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 83 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tread** | past | that wicked man | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | gerund | | | | the Great trunk | | that trunk *appos* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | that trunk | | | | | like a rope; of silver | tree rules | | 4 | **climb up** | participle | | | | the Great temples and that temples | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on temple=Trajectory | | 5 | **is** | past | that temples | | | | | like the clad peaks and man's heel; of Kelāsa; man's heel *conj* | tree rules | | 6 | **kick** | gerund | man's heel *not said here* | the tips of the tusks | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent tip=Patient | | 7 | **loosen** | gerund | man's heel *not said here* | the flesh | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent flesh=Patient | | 8 | **mount** | gerund · perfect | | the temples | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent temple=Patient | | 9 | **sever** | past | a sharp saw | the stumps of the tusks | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stump=Theme | | 10 | **go** | past | a sharp saw *not said here* | man's way | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/5/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/5/12/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/5/)