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title: San-Syeng was confused, but had to obey the wishes of the Prince and… — Winning Buddha's smile · tree and pragmatics
description: San-Syeng was confused, but had to obey the wishes of the Prince and he knew the latter would confer offices only upon those whom he deemed the most worthy among his followers. Who acts: San, latter, Prince. A sentence of «Winning Buddha's smile», Winning Buddha’s Smile, part 8, with its dependency 
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# Winning Buddha's smile, Winning Buddha’s Smile, part 8, sentence 54

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San-Syeng was confused, but had to obey the wishes of the Prince and he knew the latter would confer offices only upon those whom he deemed the most worthy among his followers.

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**Who acts:** San, latter, Prince · **What happens:** be, have, obey, know, confer, deem · **To what, where:** wishes, offices · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Winning Buddha's smile», Winning Buddha’s Smile, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (San, latter, Prince), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg78208:10:54
# text = San-Syeng was confused, but had to obey the wishes of the Prince and he knew the latter would confer offices only upon those whom he deemed the most worthy among his followers.
1	San	San	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Syeng	Syeng	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	confused	confused	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	obey	obey	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	wishes	wish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	latter	latter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	nsubj	_	_
21	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
22	confer	confer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	ccomp	_	_
23	offices	office	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obj	_	_
24	only	only	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
25	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	22	obl	_	_
27	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	29	obj	_	_
28	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
29	deemed	deem	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	acl:relcl	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	32	advmod	_	_
32	worthy	worthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	xcomp	_	_
33	among	among	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	35	nmod:poss	_	_
35	followers	follower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | San |  |  |  |  | confused *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **obey** | to-infinitive |  | the wishes of the Prince |  |  |  |  | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wish=Theme |
| 4 | **know** | past | San |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 5 | **confer** | would | the latter | offices |  |  |  | upon those | tree rules |
| 6 | **deem** | past | San |  |  |  |  | whom *obj*; worthy *property* | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent whom=Attribute |
| 7 | **wish** |  | the Prince |  |  |  |  |  | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: of=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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