--- title: In the olden days I enjoyed a great deal of influence at the Court,… — Winning Buddha's smile · tree and pragmatics description: In the olden days I enjoyed a great deal of influence at the Court, but my enemy, Ja-Jo-Mi, had me sent into exile, with my best friend, Sun-Yen. Who acts: I, best friend. 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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 (I, best friend), 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:pg78208:11:102 # text = In the olden days I enjoyed a great deal of influence at the Court, but my enemy, Ja-Jo-Mi, had me sent into exile, with my best friend, Sun-Yen. 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 olden olden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 enjoyed enjoy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 influence influence NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 17 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 Ja Ja PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 Jo Jo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 Mi Mi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 29 into into ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 exile exile NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 34 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 35 amod _ _ 35 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 Yen Yen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enjoy** | past | I | a great deal of influence at the Court | | | day | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer deal=Stimulus | | 2 | **send** | past · perfect · passive | my best friend | my enemy | | exile | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 3 | **deal** | | | influence at the Court | | | | | nom deal «act transitive»: of=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 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/11/99/) - next →: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/11/101/) - ↑ back to [Winning Buddha’s Smile, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/11/)