--- title: When the money they brought was gone, he went to the Future Buddha a… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics description: When the money they brought was gone, he went to the Future Buddha again and said: “Master, the money I got by selling you tusks turned out to be no more than enough to pay off my debts. Who acts: they, money, man, Master. 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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 (they, money, man, Master), 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:pg74064:5:2 # text = When the money they brought was gone, he went to the Future Buddha again and said: “Master, the money I got by selling you tusks turned out to be no more than enough to pay off my debts. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 7 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 gone gone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 11 to to 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 obl _ _ 15 again again ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 19 “ " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 Master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 appos _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 26 by by SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 27 selling sell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 tusks tusk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 30 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 ccomp _ _ 31 out out ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 cop _ _ 34 no no ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 30 obj _ _ 36 than than SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 enough enough ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 40 off off ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 debts debt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | past | they | the money *not said here* | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent money=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | the money | | | | | gone *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | past | man | | | the Future Buddha | again | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to buddha=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Master | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **get** *in a quote* | past | Master | the money *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer money=Stimulus | | 6 | **sell** *in a quote* | gerund | Master *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **turn out** *in a quote* | past | you | | | | | tusks *nsubj* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | more *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **pay off** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | my debts | | | | enough *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent debt=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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/5/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/5/3/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/5/)