--- title: Knowing not good, knowing not evil, knowing not right, knowing not w… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics description: Knowing not good, knowing not evil, knowing not right, knowing not wrong, they quarrel and brawl and wrangle and strike one another with the daggers of their tongues, saying: ‘This is right, that is not right;’ ‘This is not right, that is right.’” Who acts: ascetics, This, that. 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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 (ascetics, This, that), 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:pg74064:9:144 # text = Knowing not good, knowing not evil, knowing not right, knowing not wrong, they quarrel and brawl and wrangle and strike one another with the daggers of their tongues, saying: ‘This is right, that is not right;’ ‘This is not right, that is right.’” 1 Knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 conj _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 quarrel quarrel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 brawl brawl VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 wrangle wrangle VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 strike strike VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 25 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 26 nummod _ _ 26 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 24 obj _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 daggers dagger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 tongues tongue NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 : : PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 36 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 nsubj _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 39 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 44 nsubj _ _ 42 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 44 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ 47 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 51 nsubj _ _ 49 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 50 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 51 advmod _ _ 51 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 53 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 55 nsubj _ _ 54 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 cop _ _ 55 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ” " PUNCT '' _ 51 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | gerund | | good | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer good=Stimulus | | 2 | **know** | gerund | | | | | | evil *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **know** | gerund | | | | | | right *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **know** | gerund | | | | | | wrong *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **quarrel** | present | ascetics *= ascetic* | | | | | | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **brawl** | present | ascetics *= ascetic* *not said here* | | | | | | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **wrangle** | present | ascetics *= ascetic* *not said here* | | | | | | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **strike** | present | ascetics *= ascetic* *not said here* | another | | | | with the daggers of ascetics's tongues | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent another=Patient with dagger=Instrument | | 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | ascetics *= ascetic* *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **is** | present | This | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **not** **is** | present | that | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | | 12 | **not** **is** | present | This | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | | 13 | **is** | present | that | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | 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 136](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/9/136/) - next →: [sentence 138](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/9/138/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/9/)