--- title: The future Buddha thought to himself, "Long expecting, wishing to ad… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The future Buddha thought to himself, "Long expecting, wishing to admonish the king, have I sought for some means of doing so. Who acts: future Buddha, Long expecting, some. 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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 (future Buddha, Long expecting, some), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg7128:17:66 # text = The future Buddha thought to himself, "Long expecting, wishing to admonish the king, have I sought for some means of doing so. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 future future ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Buddha Buddha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 expecting expecting NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 wishing wish VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 acl _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 admonish admonish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 18 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 sought seek VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 ccomp _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 23 nsubj _ _ 23 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 24 of of SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 25 doing do VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 ccomp _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the future Buddha | | Buddha | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **wish** *in a quote* | gerund | Long expecting *not said here* | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **admonish** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | Long expecting *not said here* | | the king | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=Recipient | | 4 | **seek** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | Long expecting | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **mean** *in a quote* | present | some | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **do** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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:** «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7128 (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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/17/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/17/67/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/17/)