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title: Then those men led Dīghīti king of Kosala with his consort about fro… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics
description: Then those men led Dīghīti king of Kosala with his consort about from street to street, from crossing to crossing, conducted them out of the South gate, hacked their bodies into four pieces south of the city, threw the pieces in the four directions, posted a guard of soldiers, and departed. Who acts
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# The grateful elephant, Opening, part 6, sentence 47

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Then those men led Dīghīti king of Kosala with his consort about from street to street, from crossing to crossing, conducted them out of the South gate, hacked their bodies into four pieces south of the city, threw the pieces in the four directions, posted a guard of soldiers, and departed.

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**Who acts:** men, four directions · **What happens:** lead, cross, conduct, hack, throw, post · **To what, where:** Dīghīti king, crossing, men, South gate, bodies, four pieces

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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 (men, four directions), 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:pg74064:6:47
# text = Then those men led Dīghīti king of Kosala with his consort about from street to street, from crossing to crossing, conducted them out of the South gate, hacked their bodies into four pieces south of the city, threw the pieces in the four directions, posted a guard of soldiers, and departed.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
2	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	led	lead	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Dīghīti	Dīghīti	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Kosala	Kosala	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	consort	consort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	about	about	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
19	crossing	cross	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	crossing	crossing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
23	conducted	conduct	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
24	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	obj	_	_
25	out	out	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
28	South	South	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	compound	_	_
29	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
31	hacked	hack	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
32	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	33	nmod:poss	_	_
33	bodies	body	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	obj	_	_
34	into	into	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	36	nummod	_	_
36	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	obl	_	_
37	south	south	ADV	RB	_	40	advmod	_	_
38	of	of	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
42	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	obj	_	_
45	in	in	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
47	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	48	nummod	_	_
48	directions	direction	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
50	posted	post	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	48	acl	_	_
51	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	guard	guard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	obj	_	_
53	of	of	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
54	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	52	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
56	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	57	cc	_	_
57	departed	depart	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	42	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead** | past | that men | Dīghīti king of Kosala |  |  | then | with Kosala's consort about street to street | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Theme |
| 2 | **cross** | gerund | that men *not said here* |  |  | crossing |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to crossing=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **conduct** | past | that men *not said here* | men *= man* |  | the South gate |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme out gate=Destination |
| 4 | **hack** | past | that men *not said here* | men's bodies |  | four pieces |  | of the city | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent body=Material into piece=Product |
| 5 | **throw** | past |  | the pieces |  | the four directions |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent piece=Theme in direction=Destination |
| 6 | **post** | participle | the four directions *not said here* | a guard of soldiers |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guard=Theme |
| 7 | **depart** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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