--- title: The Elephant at once put down his trunk to feel what was there, and… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: The Elephant at once put down his trunk to feel what was there, and in a twinkling the Mouse jumped into the open end of the trunk, and scuttled up it as fast as she could till she reached the head. Who acts: Mouse. 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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 (Mouse), 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:pg75000:13:80 # text = The Elephant at once put down his trunk to feel what was there, and in a twinkling the Mouse jumped into the open end of the trunk, and scuttled up it as fast as she could till she reached the head. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Elephant elephant NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 at at SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 5 advmod _ _ 5 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 down down ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 trunk trunk NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 11 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 13 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 conj _ _ 18 twinkling twinkle VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 acl _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Mouse Mouse PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 jumped jump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 ccomp _ _ 22 into into ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 trunk trunk NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 scuttled scuttle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 conj _ _ 32 up up ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 34 as as ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 31 advmod _ _ 36 as as SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 39 till till SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put down** | participle · passive | | the Elephant | | | | Elephant's trunk *obj*; once *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Asset trunk=Goal | | 2 | **feel** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **is** | past | | | | | | what *nsubj*; there *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **twinkle** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **jump** | past | the Mouse | | | | into the open end of the trunk | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into end=Result | | 6 | **scuttle up** | participle | the Mouse *not said here* | trunk | | | | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location it=Theme | | 7 | **reach** | past | Mouse | the head | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent head=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:** «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, Project Gutenberg book 75000 (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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/13/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/13/81/) - ↑ back to [The Mouse’s Three Children.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/13/)