--- title: The unfortunate woman who was obliged to abandon her child and to be… — Winning Buddha's smile · tree and pragmatics description: The unfortunate woman who was obliged to abandon her child and to become a nun would often visit the spot which brought back such painful memories; indeed, she seemed to take a keen pleasure in seeing the spot where she had become a mother. Who acts: nun, spot. 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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 (nun, spot), 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:pg78208:10:131 # text = The unfortunate woman who was obliged to abandon her child and to become a nun would often visit the spot which brought back such painful memories; indeed, she seemed to take a keen pleasure in seeing the spot where she had become a mother. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 unfortunate unfortunate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 abandon abandon VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 nun nun NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 16 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 often often ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 visit visit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 22 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 23 back back ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 25 painful painful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 memories memory NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 keen keen ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 37 in in SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 38 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 44 advmod _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 become become VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 40 acl:relcl _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **oblige** | past · passive | | the unfortunate woman | | | | who *nsubj* | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | | 2 | **abandon** | to-infinitive | | woman's child | | | | | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme child=Source | | 3 | **become** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **visit** | would | a nun | the spot | | | | often *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spot=Co-Agent | | 5 | **bring back** | past | the spot | such painful memories | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent memory=Theme | | 6 | **seem** | past | nun | | | | | indeed *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 7 | **take** | to-infinitive | nun *not said here* | a keen pleasure | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pleasure=Theme | | 8 | **see** | gerund | nun *not said here* | the spot | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer spot=Stimulus | | 9 | **become** | past · perfect | nun | a mother | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | 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 128](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/10/128/) - next →: [sentence 130](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/10/130/) - ↑ back to [Winning Buddha’s Smile, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/10/)