--- title: And having, in obedience to the king’s command, harnessed the chario… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics description: And having, in obedience to the king’s command, harnessed the chariot, he said this to Brahmadatta king of Kāsi: “Your majesty, the chariot is harnessed for you; do as you think fit.” Who acts: having, king, majesty, Brahmadatta king. 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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 (having, king, majesty, Brahmadatta 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:pg74064:6:73 # text = And having, in obedience to the king’s command, harnessed the chariot, he said this to Brahmadatta king of Kāsi: “Your majesty, the chariot is harnessed for you; do as you think fit.” 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 csubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 obedience obedience NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’s 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 command command NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 12 harnessed harness VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 chariot chariot NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 18 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 obj _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 Brahmadatta Brahmadatta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Kāsi Kāsi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 : : PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 25 “ " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 chariot chariot NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 harnessed harness VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl:relcl _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 36 do do VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 40 fit fit NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | gerund | | obedience | | | | to the king's command | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent obedience=Patient | | 2 | **harness** | past | having | the chariot | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | king | this | Brahmadatta king of Kāsi | | | Your majesty *obl* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent this=Topic to king=Recipient | | 4 | **harness** *in a quote* | present · passive | Your majesty *not said here* | the chariot | | | | for Brahmadatta king of Kāsi *= king* | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination | | 5 | **do** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | Brahmadatta king of Kāsi *= king* | fit | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot fit=Theme | | 7 | **command** | | the king | | | | | | nom command «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/6/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/6/74/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/6/)