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title: The barber of Dīghīti king of Kosala saw Dīghīti king of Kosala resi… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics
description: The barber of Dīghīti king of Kosala saw Dīghīti king of Kosala residing with his consort in a certain place on the outskirts of Benāres, in a potter’s dwelling, in disguise, in the guise of a wandering ascetic. Who acts: barber, Dīghīti king. A sentence of «The grateful elephant» by Eugene Watson B
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# The grateful elephant, Opening, part 6, sentence 22

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The barber of Dīghīti king of Kosala saw Dīghīti king of Kosala residing with his consort in a certain place on the outskirts of Benāres, in a potter’s dwelling, in disguise, in the guise of a wandering ascetic.

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**Who acts:** barber, Dīghīti king · **What happens:** see, reside, wonder · **To what, where:** Dīghīti king, dwelling, certain place

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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 (barber, Dīghīti king), 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:pg74064:6:22
# text = The barber of Dīghīti king of Kosala saw Dīghīti king of Kosala residing with his consort in a certain place on the outskirts of Benāres, in a potter’s dwelling, in disguise, in the guise of a wandering ascetic.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	barber	barber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	Dīghīti	Dīghīti	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Kosala	Kosala	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	Dīghīti	Dīghīti	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Kosala	Kosala	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	residing	reside	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	consort	consort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
21	on	on	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	outskirts	outskirt	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nmod	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	Benāres	Benāres	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
27	in	in	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
28	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	potter	potter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	’s	's	PART	POS	_	29	case	_	_
31	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
33	in	in	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	disguise	disguise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
36	in	in	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	guise	guise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
40	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
41	wandering	wonder	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	42	amod	_	_
42	ascetic	ascetic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | the barber of Dīghīti king of Kosala | Dīghīti king of Kosala |  | a potter's dwelling and disguise |  | the guise of a wandering ascetic *conj* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer king=Stimulus |
| 2 | **reside** | gerund | Dīghīti king of Kosala *not said here* |  |  | a certain place on the outskirts of Benāres |  | with barber's consort | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location |
| 3 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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