--- title: Then Prince Dīghāvu, stroking the head of Brahmadatta king of Kāsi w… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics description: Then Prince Dīghāvu, stroking the head of Brahmadatta king of Kāsi with his left hand, and drawing his sword with his right hand, said this to Brahmadatta king of Kāsi: “I, your majesty, am Prince Dīghāvu, son of Dīghīti king of Kosala. Who acts: Dīghāvu. 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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 (Dīghāvu), 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:pg74064:6:97 # text = Then Prince Dīghāvu, stroking the head of Brahmadatta king of Kāsi with his left hand, and drawing his sword with his right hand, said this to Brahmadatta king of Kāsi: “I, your majesty, am Prince Dīghāvu, son of Dīghīti king of Kosala. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:desc _ _ 3 Dīghāvu Dīghāvu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 stroking stroke VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 Brahmadatta Brahmadatta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Kāsi Kāsi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 15 left left ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 drawing draw VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 conj _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 27 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 28 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 obj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 Brahmadatta Brahmadatta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 Kāsi Kāsi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 : : PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 35 “ " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 41 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 42 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 ccomp _ _ 43 Dīghāvu Dīghāvu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 appos _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 Dīghīti Dīghīti PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 compound _ _ 48 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 Kosala Kosala PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stroke** | gerund | Dīghāvu Prince *not said here* | the head of Brahmadatta king of Kāsi | | | | with Dīghāvu's left hand | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent head=Experiencer with hand=Instrument | | 2 | **draw** | gerund | Dīghāvu Prince *not said here* | Dīghāvu's sword | | | | with Dīghāvu's right hand | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Dīghāvu Prince | this | Brahmadatta king of Kāsi | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent this=Topic to king=Recipient | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Dīghāvu Prince *= dīghāvu* | Prince | | | | son of Dīghīti king of Kosala *appos* | tree rules | 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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/6/96/) - next →: [sentence 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/6/98/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/6/)