--- title: And having approached, he said this to Brahmadatta king of Kāsi: “Th… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics description: And having approached, he said this to Brahmadatta king of Kāsi: “Thus, O king, the signs appear: To-morrow at sunrise let the fourfold army be drawn up, clad in armor, standing in a pleasant place, and let the swords be washed.” Who acts: Brahman, signs, fourfold army, swords. 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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 (Brahman, signs, fourfold army, swords), 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:pg74064:6:10 # text = And having approached, he said this to Brahmadatta king of Kāsi: “Thus, O king, the signs appear: To-morrow at sunrise let the fourfold army be drawn up, clad in armor, standing in a pleasant place, and let the swords be washed.” 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 3 approached approach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 obj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 Brahmadatta Brahmadatta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Kāsi Kāsi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 Thus thus ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 17 O o INTJ UH _ 18 discourse _ _ 18 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 signs sign NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj _ _ 22 appear appear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 24 To to ADP IN _ 26 case _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 27 at at ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 sunrise sunrise NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 29 let let VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 fourfold fourfold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 xcomp _ _ 35 up up ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 clad clad VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 conj _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 armor armor NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 pleasant pleasant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 swords sword NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obj _ _ 51 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 52 aux:pass _ _ 52 washed wash VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ” " PUNCT '' _ 48 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | gerund | Brahman *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **approach** | participle | Brahman *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Brahman | this | | | | to Brahmadatta king of Kāsi; king *obl* | tree rules | | 4 | **appear** *in a quote* | present | the signs | king *not said here* | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location king=Theme | | 5 | **let** *in a quote* | past | | the fourfold army | | | | to morrow at sunrise | tree rules | | 6 | **draw up** *in a quote* | infinitive · passive | the fourfold army *not said here* | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V» | | 7 | **clad** *in a quote* | participle | | | | armor | | | tree rules | | 8 | **stand** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | a pleasant place | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in place=Location | | 9 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the swords | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **wash** *in a quote* | infinitive · passive | the swords *not said here* | | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V» | 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/6/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/6/11/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/6/)