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title: Thus the consort of Dīghīti king of Kosala obtained her desire to se… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics
description: Thus the consort of Dīghīti king of Kosala obtained her desire to see at sunrise a fourfold army drawn up, clad in armor, standing in a pleasant place, and to drink the rinsings of swords. Who acts: consort. A sentence of «The grateful elephant» by Eugene Watson Burlingame, Opening, part 6, with its
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# The grateful elephant, Opening, part 6, sentence 12

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Thus the consort of Dīghīti king of Kosala obtained her desire to see at sunrise a fourfold army drawn up, clad in armor, standing in a pleasant place, and to drink the rinsings of swords.

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**Who acts:** consort · **What happens:** obtain, see, draw up, clad, stand, drink · **To what, where:** desire, fourfold army, armor, pleasant place, rinsings, swords

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This is a sentence of «The grateful elephant» by Eugene Watson Burlingame, Opening, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (consort), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg74064:6:12
# text = Thus the consort of Dīghīti king of Kosala obtained her desire to see at sunrise a fourfold army drawn up, clad in armor, standing in a pleasant place, and to drink the rinsings of swords.
1	Thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	consort	consort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	Dīghīti	Dīghīti	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Kosala	Kosala	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	obtained	obtain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	desire	desire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	sunrise	sunrise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	fourfold	fourfold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	appos	_	_
19	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	acl	_	_
20	up	up	ADP	RP	_	19	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
22	clad	clad	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	conj	_	_
23	in	in	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	armor	armor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
26	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	22	advcl	_	_
27	in	in	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
28	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
29	pleasant	pleasant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
30	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
33	to	to	PART	TO	_	34	mark	_	_
34	drink	drink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	rinsings	rinsing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	obj	_	_
37	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
38	swords	sword	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obtain** | past | the consort of Dīghīti king of Kosala | consort's desire |  |  |  | thus *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset desire=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | the consort of Dīghīti king of Kosala *not said here* |  |  |  | sunrise |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **draw up** | participle |  | a fourfold army *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **clad** | participle | the consort of Dīghīti king of Kosala *not said here* |  |  | armor |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **stand** | gerund | the consort of Dīghīti king of Kosala *not said here* |  |  | a pleasant place |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in place=Location |
| 6 | **drink** | to-infinitive | the consort of Dīghīti king of Kosala *not said here* | the rinsings of swords |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rinsing=Patient |
| 7 | **desire** |  | consort |  |  |  |  |  | nom desire «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |
| 8 | **rinse** |  |  | swords |  |  |  |  | nom rinsing «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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.

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