--- title: Now at the mouth of the forest men who saw him tried to dissuade him… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics description: Now at the mouth of the forest men who saw him tried to dissuade him from entering, saying: “Sir prince, do not enter this forest; an ogre named Sticky-hair lives here; he kills every man he sees.” Who acts: forest men, Sir prince, ogre, prince. 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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 (forest men, Sir prince, ogre, prince), 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:pg74064:8:4 # text = Now at the mouth of the forest men who saw him tried to dissuade him from entering, saying: “Sir prince, do not enter this forest; an ogre named Sticky-hair lives here; he kills every man he sees.” 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 dissuade dissuade VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 from from SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 17 entering enter VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 21 “ " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 enter enter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 acl:relcl _ _ 28 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 det _ _ 29 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 31 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 ogre ogre NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 33 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 acl _ _ 34 Sticky sticky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 37 lives live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 38 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 kills kill VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 42 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 43 det _ _ 43 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 sees see VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ” " PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the forest men | prince | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 2 | **try** | past | | | | the mouth of the forest men | now | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **dissuade** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | prince | | | | vn discourage-64.5 «NP V NP PP.eventuality»: agent=Causer he=Beneficiary | | 4 | **enter** | gerund | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | Sir prince | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent prince=Topic | | 6 | **not** **enter** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | Sir prince *not said here* | this forest | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme forest=Destination | | 7 | **name** *in a quote* | participle | a ogre *not said here* | Sticky hair | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Theme | | 8 | **live** *in a quote* | present | a ogre | | | here | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **kill** *in a quote* | present | prince | every man | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme | | 10 | **see** *in a quote* | present | prince | every man *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/8/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/8/5/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/8/)