--- title: “If you want ransom-money, quickly free me from my bonds, bathe my h… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics description: “If you want ransom-money, quickly free me from my bonds, bathe my head, clothe me with new garments, perfume me with scents, deck me with flowers, and set me on my feet.” Who acts: you, my. 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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 (you, my), 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:pg74064:8:108 # text = “If you want ransom-money, quickly free me from my bonds, bathe my head, clothe me with new garments, perfume me with scents, deck me with flowers, and set me on my feet.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 If if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 ransom ransom NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 11 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 12 from from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 bonds bond NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 bathe bathe VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 17 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 clothe clothe VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 21 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 garments garment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 perfume perfume VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 27 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 scents scent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 deck deck VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 32 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 38 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** *in a quote* | present | you | ransom money | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot money=Theme | | 2 | **bathe** *in a quote* | infinitive | | my head | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme head=Destination | | 3 | **clothe** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the Future Buddha *= buddha* | | | | with new garments | vn dress-41.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 4 | **perfume** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | the Future Buddha *= buddha* | | | with scents | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent i=Destination with scent=Theme | | 5 | **deck** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | the Future Buddha *= buddha* | | | with flowers | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent i=Destination with flower=Theme | | 6 | **set** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | the Future Buddha *= buddha* | | my feet | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme on foot=Destination | | 7 | **bond** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom bond «phenomenon 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 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/8/105/) - next →: [sentence 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/8/107/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/8/)