--- title: The Brahmans, skilled in the discernment of signs as they were, seei… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics description: The Brahmans, skilled in the discernment of signs as they were, seeing that he possessed the signs of a Great Man, made the following prediction: “Great king, the prince possesses merit; upon your decease he will attain the sovereignty; he will become the foremost man in the Land of the Rose-apple, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/7/157/) [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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/7/) / 157 # The grateful elephant, Opening, part 7, sentence 157 The Brahmans, skilled in the discernment of signs as they were, seeing that he possessed the signs of a Great Man, made the following prediction: “Great king, the prince possesses merit; upon your decease he will attain the sovereignty; he will become the foremost man in the Land of the Rose-apple, and will be celebrated, will be renowned, for his deeds with the five weapons.” **Who acts:** Brahmans, Buddha, prince, your · **What happens:** skill, see, possess, make, follow, attain · **To what, where:** Brahmans, discernment, signs, following prediction, merit, sovereignty · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The grateful elephant» by Eugene Watson Burlingame, Opening, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Brahmans, Buddha, prince, your), 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:pg74064:7:164 # text = The Brahmans, skilled in the discernment of signs as they were, seeing that he possessed the signs of a Great Man, made the following prediction: “Great king, the prince possesses merit; upon your decease he will attain the sovereignty; he will become the foremost man in the Land of the Rose-apple, and will be celebrated, will be renowned, for his deeds with the five weapons.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Brahmans Brahman PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 skilled skill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 discernment discernment NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 signs sign NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ 10 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 possessed possess VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 ccomp _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 signs sign NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 Great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 Man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 25 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 amod _ _ 28 prediction prediction NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 : : PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 30 “ " PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 Great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 possesses possess VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 37 merit merit NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 39 upon upon ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 decease decease NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 attain attain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 sovereignty sovereignty NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ; ; PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 foremost foremost ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 xcomp _ _ 54 in in ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 Land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 59 Rose Rose PROPN NNP Number=Sing 61 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 60 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 64 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 66 aux _ _ 65 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 66 aux:pass _ _ 66 celebrated celebrate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 68 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 70 aux _ _ 69 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 70 aux:pass _ _ 70 renowned renown VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 66 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 72 for for ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 74 nmod:poss _ _ 74 deeds deed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 70 obl _ _ 75 with with ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 76 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 78 det _ _ 77 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 78 nummod _ _ 78 weapons weapon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 74 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 79 . . PUNCT . _ 70 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 80 ” " PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **skill** | participle | | the Brahmans *not said here* | | the discernment of signs | | | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | past · progressive | Brahmans *= brahman* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **possess** | past | Buddha | the signs of a Great Man | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot sign=Theme | | 4 | **make** | past | the Brahmans | the following prediction | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **possess** *in a quote* | present | the prince | merit | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot merit=Theme | | 7 | **attain** *in a quote* | future | Buddha | the sovereignty | | | | upon your decease | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sovereignty=Theme | | 8 | **become** *in a quote* | future | Buddha | the foremost man in the Land of the Rose apple | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 9 | **celebrate** *in a quote* | future · passive | | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP» | | 10 | **renown** *in a quote* | future · passive | | | | | | for Buddha's deeds with the five weapons | tree rules | | 11 | **discern** | | | signs | | | | | nom discernment «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 12 | **sign** | | | a Great Man | | | | | nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 13 | **decease** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom decease «event intransitive»: 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 156](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/7/156/) - next →: [sentence 158](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/7/158/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/7/)