--- title: When that wicked man thus entered the earth, the tree-spirit residen… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics description: When that wicked man thus entered the earth, the tree-spirit resident in that forest-grove thought: “An ungrateful man, a man who will betray his friends, cannot be satisfied, even if he be given the kingdom of a Universal Monarch.” Who acts: wicked man, man. 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/pg74064/5/14/) [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/) / 14 # The grateful elephant, Opening, part 5, sentence 14 When that wicked man thus entered the earth, the tree-spirit resident in that forest-grove thought: “An ungrateful man, a man who will betray his friends, cannot be satisfied, even if he be given the kingdom of a Universal Monarch.” **Who acts:** wicked man, man · **What happens:** enter, betray, not be, give · **To what, where:** earth, friends, man · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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, man), 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:pg74064:5:14 # text = When that wicked man thus entered the earth, the tree-spirit resident in that forest-grove thought: “An ungrateful man, a man who will betray his friends, cannot be satisfied, even if he be given the kingdom of a Universal Monarch.” 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 3 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 thus thus ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 11 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 resident resident NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 appos _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 16 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 det _ _ 17 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 grove grove NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 22 “ " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 ungrateful ungrateful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 appos _ _ 29 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 30 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 betray betray VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 acl:relcl _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 cop _ _ 38 satisfied satisfied ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 even even ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 41 if if SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 advcl _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 Universal universal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 Monarch monarch NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ” " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enter** | past | that wicked man | the earth | | | | thus *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme earth=Destination | | 2 | **betray** *in a quote* | future | a man | man's friends | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | can | | | | | | satisfied *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **give** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | infinitive · passive | | man | | | | the kingdom of a Universal Monarch *obj* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient kingdom=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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/5/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/5/15/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/5/)