--- title: And having approached, he adjusted his upper robe so as to cover one… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics description: And having approached, he adjusted his upper robe so as to cover one shoulder only, touched his right kneepan to the ground, bent his joined hands in reverent salutation before that anger-eating ogre, and thrice proclaimed his name: “Sire, I am Sakka king of gods! Who acts: Ogre, thrice, gods. 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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 (Ogre, thrice, gods), 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:pg74064:9:33 # text = And having approached, he adjusted his upper robe so as to cover one shoulder only, touched his right kneepan to the ground, bent his joined hands in reverent salutation before that anger-eating ogre, and thrice proclaimed his name: “Sire, I am Sakka king of gods! 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 3 approached approach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 adjusted adjust VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 upper upper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 robe robe NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 cover cover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 14 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 only only ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 touched touch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 20 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 kneepan kneepan NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 bent bend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 joined join VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 amod _ _ 29 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 reverent reverent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 salutation salutation NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 33 before before ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 34 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 38 det _ _ 35 anger anger NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 eating eat VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 38 amod _ _ 38 ogre ogre NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 thrice thrice NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 42 proclaimed proclaim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 : : PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 46 “ " PUNCT `` _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 Sire sire NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 50 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 51 Sakka Sakka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 compound _ _ 52 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 appos _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ! ! PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | gerund | Ogre *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **approach** | participle | Ogre *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **adjust** | past | Ogre | Ogre's upper robe | | | | | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent robe=Patient | | 4 | **cover** | to-infinitive | Ogre *not said here* | one shoulder | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme shoulder=Destination | | 5 | **touch** | past | | Ogre's right kneepan | | | | to the ground | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme kneepan=Co-Theme | | 6 | **bend** | past | | Ogre's joined hands | | reverent salutation | before that eating ogre | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme in salutation=Location | | 7 | **join** | participle | | | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **eat** | gerund | | | | | | anger *compound* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **proclaim** | past | thrice | Ogre's name | | | | Sire *obl* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme | | 10 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | gods *= god* | Sakka king | | | | of gods | tree rules | | 11 | **name** | | Ogre | | | | | | nom name «communication 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/9/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/9/31/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/9/)