--- title: They quarreled and brawled and wrangled and struck one another with… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics description: They quarreled and brawled and wrangled and struck 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: others, 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 (others, 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:pg74064:9:105 # text = They quarreled and brawled and wrangled and struck one another with the daggers of their tongues, saying: “This is right, that is not right;” “This is not right, that is right.” 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 quarreled quarrel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 brawled brawl VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 wrangled wrangle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 struck strike VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 9 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 obj _ _ 10 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 9 fixed _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 daggers dagger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 tongues tongue NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 20 “ " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 nsubj _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 23 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 nsubj _ _ 26 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 28 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 31 “ " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 nsubj _ _ 33 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 that that 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 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ” " PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **quarrel** | past | others *= other* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **brawl** | past | others *= other* *not said here* | | | | | | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **wrangle** | participle | others *= other* *not said here* | | | | | | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **strike** | participle | others *= other* *not said here* | one | | | | with the daggers of others's tongues | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent one=Patient with dagger=Instrument | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | others *= other* *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | This | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | that | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | This | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **is** *in a quote* | 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 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/9/97/) - next →: [sentence 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/9/99/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/9/)