--- title: On a certain occasion the Exalted One addressed the monks as follows… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics description: On a certain occasion the Exalted One addressed the monks as follows: “Monks, put away evil; devote yourselves to good works: so shall you obtain increase, growth, development, in this Doctrine and Discipline.” Who acts: Exalted One, Monks, you. 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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 (Exalted One, Monks, you), 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:pg74064:9:47 # text = On a certain occasion the Exalted One addressed the monks as follows: “Monks, put away evil; devote yourselves to good works: so shall you obtain increase, growth, development, in this Doctrine and Discipline.” 1 On on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 occasion occasion NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 Exalted exalt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 7 One One PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 addressed address VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 monks monk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 follows follow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 Monks monk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 17 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 18 away away ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 devote devote VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 22 yourselves yourselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 21 obj _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 works work NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 : : PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 27 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 28 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 obtain obtain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 31 increase increase NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 growth growth NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 development development NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 41 nsubj _ _ 39 Doctrine Doctrine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 Discipline Discipline PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **exalt** | participle | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **address** | past | the Exalted One | the monks | | a certain occasion | | | tree rules | | 3 | **follow** | present | the Exalted One *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **put away** *in a quote* | infinitive | Monks | evil | | | | away *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent evil=Goal | | 5 | **devote** *in a quote* | infinitive | Monks *not said here* | yourselves | | | | to good works *goal* | vn dedicate-79 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent yourselves=Theme to work=Goal | | 6 | **obtain** *in a quote* | shall | you | increase and growth and development | | Doctrine Discipline this | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent increase=Theme | 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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/9/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/9/43/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/9/)