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title: But even as that wicked man receded from the vision of the Future Bu… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics
description: But even as that wicked man receded from the vision of the Future Buddha, the solid earth, which extends for a distance of two hundred thousand leagues and four Inconceivables more, which is able to endure such mighty burdens as Sineru and Yugandhara, and all manner of foul-smelling and repulsive ob
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# The grateful elephant, Opening, part 5, sentence 12

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But even as that wicked man receded from the vision of the Future Buddha, the solid earth, which extends for a distance of two hundred thousand leagues and four Inconceivables more, which is able to endure such mighty burdens as Sineru and Yugandhara, and all manner of foul-smelling and repulsive objects,--even the solid earth, as if unable to endure the wickedness he had piled upon it, burst asunder and yawned.

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**Who acts:** wicked man, solid earth, four, manner, man · **What happens:** recede, extend, be, endure, smell, pile · **To what, where:** vision, such mighty burdens, wickedness, asunder

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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, solid earth, four, manner), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg74064:5:12
# text = But even as that wicked man receded from the vision of the Future Buddha, the solid earth, which extends for a distance of two hundred thousand leagues and four Inconceivables more, which is able to endure such mighty burdens as Sineru and Yugandhara, and all manner of foul-smelling and repulsive objects,--even the solid earth, as if unable to endure the wickedness he had piled upon it, burst asunder and yawned.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
2	even	even	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
3	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
5	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	receded	recede	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	vision	vision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	Future	Future	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	Buddha	Buddha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	solid	solid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	21	nsubj	_	_
21	extends	extend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	acl:relcl	_	_
22	for	for	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	distance	distance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
26	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	27	compound	_	_
27	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	28	compound	_	_
28	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	29	nummod	_	_
29	leagues	league	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	nmod	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
31	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	37	nsubj	_	_
32	Inconceivables	Inconceivables	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	nsubj	_	_
33	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	31	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
35	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	37	nsubj	_	_
36	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	37	cop	_	_
37	able	able	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	conj	_	_
38	to	to	PART	TO	_	39	mark	_	_
39	endure	endure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	37	xcomp	_	_
40	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	amod	_	_
41	mighty	mighty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	amod	_	_
42	burdens	burden	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	obj	_	_
43	as	as	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
44	Sineru	Sineru	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
46	Yugandhara	Yugandhara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	44	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	78	punct	_	_
48	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	78	cc	_	_
49	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	50	det	_	_
50	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	78	nsubj	_	_
51	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	54	mark	_	_
52	foul	foul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	52	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	smelling	smell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	50	acl	_	_
55	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	57	cc	_	_
56	repulsive	repulsive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	57	amod	_	_
57	objects	object	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	50	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	even	even	ADV	RB	_	63	advmod	_	_
61	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	63	det	_	_
62	solid	solid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	63	amod	_	_
63	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	67	punct	_	_
65	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	67	mark	_	_
66	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	67	mark	_	_
67	unable	unable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	63	conj	_	_
68	to	to	PART	TO	_	69	mark	_	_
69	endure	endure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	67	xcomp	_	_
70	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	71	det	_	_
71	wickedness	wickedness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	69	obj	_	_
72	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	74	nsubj	_	_
73	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	74	aux	_	_
74	piled	pile	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	71	acl:relcl	_	_
75	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	76	case	_	_
76	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	74	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
77	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	_
78	burst	burst	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
79	asunder	asunder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	78	obj	_	_
80	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	81	cc	_	_
81	yawned	yawn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	78	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
82	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recede** | past | that wicked man |  |  | the vision of the Future Buddha |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from vision=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **extend** | present | the solid earth |  |  |  |  | for a distance of thousand leagues *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for distance=Goal |
| 3 | **is** | present | four |  |  |  |  | thousand leagues *nsubj*; able *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **endure** | to-infinitive | four *not said here* | such mighty burdens |  |  |  | as Sineru and Yugandhara | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme burden=Circumstance |
| 5 | **smell** | gerund | all manner and repulsive objects *not said here* |  |  |  |  | foul *compound* | vn smell\_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **endure** | to-infinitive | all manner and repulsive objects *not said here* | the wickedness |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wickedness=Circumstance |
| 7 | **pile** | past · perfect | man | the wickedness *not said here* |  | wickedness |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent wickedness=Theme upon it=Destination |
| 8 | **burst** | past | all manner and repulsive objects | asunder |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location asunder=Theme |
| 9 | **yawn** | past | all manner and repulsive objects *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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**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.

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