--- title: And having approached, he said this to Brahmadatta king of Kāsi: “O… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics description: And having approached, he said this to Brahmadatta king of Kāsi: “O king, Dīghīti king of Kosala is 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, king. A sentence of «The grateful --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/6/24/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The grateful elephant](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/) / [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/6/) / 24 # The grateful elephant, Opening, part 6, sentence 24 And having approached, he said this to Brahmadatta king of Kāsi: “O king, Dīghīti king of Kosala is 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, king · **What happens:** have, approach, say, reside, wonder · **To what, where:** this, Brahmadatta king, certain place · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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, king), 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:pg74064:6:24 # text = And having approached, he said this to Brahmadatta king of Kāsi: “O king, Dīghīti king of Kosala is 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 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 : _ 23 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 O o INTJ UH _ 16 discourse _ _ 16 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 Dīghīti Dīghīti PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 appos _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 Kosala Kosala PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 residing reside VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 consort consort NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 31 on on ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 outskirts outskirt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 Benāres Benāres PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 potter potter NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ’s 's PART POS _ 39 case _ _ 41 dwelling dwelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 disguise disguise NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 guise guise NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 wandering wonder VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 52 amod _ _ 52 ascetic ascetic NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ” " PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | gerund | barber *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **approach** | participle | barber *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | barber | this | Brahmadatta king of Kāsi | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent this=Topic to king=Recipient | | 4 | **reside** *in a quote* | present · progressive | king | | | a certain place on the outskirts of Benāres | | with king's consort; in a potter's dwelling; in disguise; in the guise of a wandering ascetic | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location | | 5 | **wonder** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/6/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/6/25/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/6/)