--- title: In some manner, our legend escaped this wholesale literary destructi… — Winning Buddha's smile · tree and pragmatics description: In some manner, our legend escaped this wholesale literary destruction, and it is here presented to English readers with the hope that it will meet with an indulgent reception by the ever-widening circle of those who take an interest in the things of other peoples and other lands. Who acts: legend, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/1/19/) [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/) / [Winning Buddha's smile](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/) / [Opening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/1/) / 19 # Winning Buddha's smile, Opening, sentence 19 In some manner, our legend escaped this wholesale literary destruction, and it is here presented to English readers with the hope that it will meet with an indulgent reception by the ever-widening circle of those who take an interest in the things of other peoples and other lands. **Who acts:** legend, this · **What happens:** escape, destruction, present, meet, widen, take · **To what, where:** manner, Legend, English readers, hope, interest, things This is a sentence of «Winning Buddha's smile», Opening. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (legend, this), 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:pg78208:1:19 # text = In some manner, our legend escaped this wholesale literary destruction, and it is here presented to English readers with the hope that it will meet with an indulgent reception by the ever-widening circle of those who take an interest in the things of other peoples and other lands. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 3 det _ _ 3 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 legend legend NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 escaped escape VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 nsubj _ _ 9 wholesale wholesale ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 10 literary literary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 destruction destruction NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 16 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ _ 17 presented present VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 English English ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 readers reader NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 hope hope NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 acl _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 indulgent indulgent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 reception reception NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 by by ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 34 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 widening widen VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 37 amod _ _ 37 circle circle NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 37 nmod _ _ 40 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 41 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 42 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 interest interest NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nmod _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 peoples people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nmod _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 51 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 lands land NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **escape** | past | our legend | | | some manner | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **destruction** | | this | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **present** | present · passive | | Legend | English readers | here | | with the hope | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to reader=Recipient | | 4 | **meet** | future | Legend | the hope *not said here* | | | | with a indulgent reception; by the widening circle of those | vn satisfy-55.7 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent hope=Theme with reception=Instrument | | 5 | **widen** | gerund | | | | | ever | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **take** | present | | a interest | | the things of other peoples and other lands | | who *nsubj* | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent interest=Value in thing=Location | 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:** «Winning Buddha's smile», Project Gutenberg book 78208 (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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/1/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/1/20/) - ↑ back to [Opening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/1/)