--- title: Then to Dīghīti king of Kosala occurred the following thought: “Brah… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics description: Then to Dīghīti king of Kosala occurred the following thought: “Brahmadatta king of Kāsi is rich, possessed of great wealth, ample means of enjoyment, a mighty army, many vehicles, an extensive kingdom, and well filled treasuries and storehouses. Who acts: Brahmadatta king, ample. 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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 (Brahmadatta king, ample), 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:pg74064:5:160 # text = Then to Dīghīti king of Kosala occurred the following thought: “Brahmadatta king of Kāsi is rich, possessed of great wealth, ample means of enjoyment, a mighty army, many vehicles, an extensive kingdom, and well filled treasuries and storehouses. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 Dīghīti Dīghīti PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Kosala Kosala PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 occurred occur VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 amod _ _ 10 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 12 “ " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Brahmadatta Brahmadatta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Kāsi Kāsi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 18 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 possessed possess VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 conj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 wealth wealth NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 ample ample ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 nsubj _ _ 26 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 enjoyment enjoyment NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 vehicles vehicle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 extensive extensive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 43 advmod _ _ 43 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 44 treasuries treasury NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obj _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 storehouses storehouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **occur** | past | | the following thought | | | then | to Dīghīti king of Kosala | tree rules | | 2 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Brahmadatta king of Kāsi | | | | | rich *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **possess** *in a quote* | participle | Brahmadatta king of Kāsi *not said here* | | | | | of great wealth | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 5 | **mean** *in a quote* | present | ample | | | | | of enjoyment and a mighty army and many vehicles and a extensive kingdom | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **fill** *in a quote* | participle | | treasuries and storehouses | | | | well *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent treasury=Patient | 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 153](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/5/153/) - next →: [sentence 155](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/5/155/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/5/)