--- title: Now a certain hunter, on his way through the forest, seeing the trac… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics description: Now a certain hunter, on his way through the forest, seeing the tracks of the Future Buddha at the place where the animals went to drink, set a trap, resembling an iron foot-chain, only made of leathern strips, and went his way. Who acts: certain hunter, animals. A sentence of «The grateful elephant --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/7/20/) [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/) / 20 # The grateful elephant, Opening, part 7, sentence 20 Now a certain hunter, on his way through the forest, seeing the tracks of the Future Buddha at the place where the animals went to drink, set a trap, resembling an iron foot-chain, only made of leathern strips, and went his way. **Who acts:** certain hunter, animals · **What happens:** see, go, drink, set, resemble, make · **To what, where:** tracks, place, trap, iron foot chain, way 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 (certain hunter, animals), 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:pg74064:7:22 # text = Now a certain hunter, on his way through the forest, seeing the tracks of the Future Buddha at the place where the animals went to drink, set a trap, resembling an iron foot-chain, only made of leathern strips, and went his way. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 hunter hunter NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 9 through through ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 tracks track NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 Future Future PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 Buddha Buddha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 20 at at ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 23 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 26 advmod _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 26 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 trap trap NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 resembling resemble VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 35 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 36 iron iron ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 37 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 chain chain NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 only only ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 acl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 leathern leathern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 strips strip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 48 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | gerund | a certain hunter *not said here* | the tracks of the Future Buddha | | the place | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer track=Stimulus | | 2 | **go** | past | the animals | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **drink** | to-infinitive | the animals *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **set** | infinitive | the animals *not said here* | a trap | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient trap=Result | | 5 | **resemble** | gerund | the animals *not said here* | a iron foot chain | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **make** | participle | | a iron foot chain *not said here* | | | | of leathern strips | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 7 | **go** | past | a certain hunter | Hunter's way | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme | 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/7/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/7/21/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/7/)