--- title: Then Brahmadatta king of Kāsi entered Benāres, caused the ministers… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics description: Then Brahmadatta king of Kāsi entered Benāres, caused the ministers of his council to be assembled, and said this: “If, sirs, you were to see Prince Dīghāvu, son of Dīghīti king of Kosala, what would you do to him?” Who acts: Brahmadatta king, you. 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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, you), 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:pg74064:6:114 # text = Then Brahmadatta king of Kāsi entered Benāres, caused the ministers of his council to be assembled, and said this: “If, sirs, you were to see Prince Dīghāvu, son of Dīghīti king of Kosala, what would you do to him?” 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 Brahmadatta Brahmadatta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Kāsi Kāsi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 Benāres Benāres PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 caused cause VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 ministers minister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 assembled assemble VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 21 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 : : PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 23 “ " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 If if SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 sirs sir VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 ccomp _ _ 32 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 33 Dīghāvu Dīghāvu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 Dīghīti Dīghīti PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 Kosala Kosala PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 45 obj _ _ 43 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 parataxis _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ? ? PUNCT . _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enter** | past | Brahmadatta king of Kāsi | | Benāres | | then | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme benāres=Destination | | 2 | **cause** | past | Brahmadatta king of Kāsi *not said here* | the ministers of king's council | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition minister=Patient | | 3 | **assemble** | to-infinitive · passive | Brahmadatta king of Kāsi *not said here* | | | | | | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V» | | 4 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | Brahmadatta king of Kāsi *not said here* | this | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **sir** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **see** *in a quote* | past | you | Prince | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer prince=Stimulus | | 7 | **do** *in a quote* | would | you | son of Dīghīti king of Kosala | king | | | what *obj* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | 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 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/6/113/) - next →: [sentence 115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/6/115/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/6/)