--- title: Having so done, he took the five weapons which his teacher gave him,… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics description: Having so done, he took the five weapons which his teacher gave him, bowed to his teacher, departed from the city of Takkasilā, and girded with the five weapons, struck into the road leading to Benāres. Who acts: prince, teacher, road. 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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 (prince, teacher, road), 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:pg74064:8:2 # text = Having so done, he took the five weapons which his teacher gave him, bowed to his teacher, departed from the city of Takkasilā, and girded with the five weapons, struck into the road leading to Benāres. 1 Having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 2 so so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 done done ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 weapons weapon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 obj _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 bowed bow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 departed depart VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 acl _ _ 22 from from ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Takkasilā Takkasilā PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 girded gird VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 33 weapons weapon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 struck strike VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl _ _ 36 into into ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 leading lead VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 38 acl _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 Benāres Benāres PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | gerund | prince *not said here* | | | | | done *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **take** | past | prince | the five weapons | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weapon=Theme | | 3 | **give** | past | prince's teacher | the five weapons | prince | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient which=Theme | | 4 | **bow** | past | prince *not said here* | | | | | to prince's teacher | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to teacher=Pivot | | 5 | **depart** | participle | | prince's teacher *not said here* | | the city of Takkasilā | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from city=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **gird** | participle | prince *not said here* | | | | | with the five weapons | tree rules | | 7 | **strike** | participle | | the five weapons *not said here* | | the road | | | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into road=Location | | 8 | **lead** | gerund | the road *not said here* | | Benāres | | | | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to benāres=Patient | 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/8/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/8/3/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/8/)