--- title: By his side stood San-Syeng, who, after bowing to the King, turned t… — Winning Buddha's smile · tree and pragmatics description: By his side stood San-Syeng, who, after bowing to the King, turned to the Mandarin and said: “We must take our Sovereign to the To-Wan (the Mandarin’s palace, or town hall) so that he may be sheltered by a roof worthy of his rank.” Who acts: San, We, roof worthy. 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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 (San, We, roof worthy), 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:pg78208:10:49 # text = By his side stood San-Syeng, who, after bowing to the King, turned to the Mandarin and said: “We must take our Sovereign to the To-Wan (the Mandarin’s palace, or town hall) so that he may be sheltered by a roof worthy of his rank.” 1 By by ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 4 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 San San PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Syeng Syeng PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 after after SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 bowing bow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Mandarin Mandarin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 : : PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 24 “ " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 ccomp _ _ 28 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 Sovereign sovereign NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 32 To To PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 Wan Wan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 35 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 Mandarin Mandarin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ’s 's PART POS _ 37 case _ _ 39 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 or or CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 39 punct _ _ 45 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 50 mark _ _ 46 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 fixed _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj:pass _ _ 48 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 49 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 50 aux:pass _ _ 50 sheltered shelter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 advcl _ _ 51 by by ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 compound _ _ 54 worthy worthy NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 rank rank NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | | San | | | | by Mandarin's side | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent san=Theme by side=Destination | | 2 | **bow** | gerund | San | | | | | to the King | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to king=Pivot | | 3 | **turn** | past | | | | | | to the Mandarin *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to mandarin=Result | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **take** *in a quote* | must | We | our Sovereign | | | | to the To Wan; the Mandarin's palace *obj* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument sovereign=Theme palace=Destination | | 6 | **shelter** *in a quote* | may · passive | a roof worthy of Mandarin's rank | Mandarin | | | | | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/10/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/10/50/) - ↑ back to [Winning Buddha’s Smile, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/10/)