--- title: One, feeling the leg, declared the elephant to be like a tree; anoth… — In Ghostly Japan · tree and pragmatics description: One, feeling the leg, declared the elephant to be like a tree; another, feeling the trunk only, declared the elephant to be like a serpent; a third, who felt only the side, said that the elephant was like a wall; a fourth, grasping the tail, said that the elephant was like a rope, etc. Who acts: ano --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/24/93/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [In Ghostly Japan](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/) / [Morning Awakening After a Night’s Rest…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/24/) / 93 # In Ghostly Japan, Morning Awakening After a Night’s Rest in a Temple, part 1, sentence 93 One, feeling the leg, declared the elephant to be like a tree; another, feeling the trunk only, declared the elephant to be like a serpent; a third, who felt only the side, said that the elephant was like a wall; a fourth, grasping the tail, said that the elephant was like a rope, etc. **Who acts:** another, elephant · **What happens:** feel, declare, be, say, grasp · **To what, where:** leg, One, trunk, elephant, side, tail · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «In Ghostly Japan» by Lafcadio Hearn, Morning Awakening After a Night’s Rest in a Temple, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (another, elephant), 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:pg8128:24:94 # text = One, feeling the leg, declared the elephant to be like a tree; another, feeling the trunk only, declared the elephant to be like a serpent; a third, who felt only the side, said that the elephant was like a wall; a fourth, grasping the tail, said that the elephant was like a rope, etc. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 feeling feel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 leg leg NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 elephant elephant NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 cop _ _ 12 like like ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 another another PRON DT PronType=Ind 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 feeling feel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 trunk trunk NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 only only ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 elephant elephant NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 cop _ _ 28 like like ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 serpent serpent NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 parataxis _ _ 37 only only ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 elephant elephant NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 45 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 46 like like ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ; ; PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 fourth fourth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 53 grasping grasp VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 51 advcl _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 57 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 58 that that SCONJ IN _ 64 mark _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 elephant elephant NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 nsubj _ _ 61 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 64 cop _ _ 62 like like ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 66 etc. etc. NOUN FW Abbr=Yes|Number=Plur 64 conj _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | gerund | | the leg | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Theme | | 2 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | | One | | | | the elephant *obj* | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent elephant=Attribute | | 3 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | | like a tree | tree rules | | 4 | **feel** | gerund | another | the trunk | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trunk=Theme | | 5 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | | the elephant | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent elephant=Attribute | | 6 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | | like a serpent | tree rules | | 7 | **feel** | past | | the side | | | | who *nsubj* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **is** | past | the elephant | | | | | like a wall | tree rules | | 10 | **grasp** | gerund | | the tail | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tail=Stimulus | | 11 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **is** | past | the elephant | | | | | like a rope and etc.; etc. *conj* | 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:** «In Ghostly Japan» by Lafcadio Hearn, Project Gutenberg book 8128 (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 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/24/92/) - next →: [sentence 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/24/94/) - ↑ back to [Morning Awakening After a Night’s Rest in a Temple, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8128/24/)