--- title: His concluding words were--“I have on my arm the name of San-Syeng,… — Winning Buddha's smile · tree and pragmatics description: His concluding words were--“I have on my arm the name of San-Syeng, but I do not know how it is that I bear these characters which I have tried in vain to remove.” Who acts: young man, name, man. 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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 (young man, name, man), 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:pg78208:11:133 # text = His concluding words were--“I have on my arm the name of San-Syeng, but I do not know how it is that I bear these characters which I have tried in vain to remove.” 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 concluding conclude VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 amod _ _ 3 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 5 -- -- PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 San San PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 Syeng Syeng PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 23 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 parataxis _ _ 24 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 29 advmod _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 26 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 bear bear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 30 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 31 det _ _ 31 characters character NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 tried try VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 acl:relcl _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 xcomp _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 remove remove VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **conclude** | gerund | | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **have** *in a quote* | present | the young man in turn *= man* | the name of San | | my arm | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Patient | | 3 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | present · do-support | the young man in turn *= man* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | name | | | | | I *nsubj*; this characters *obj*; bear *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **try** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | this characters | | | | I *nsubj*; vain *property* | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 6 | **remove** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **word** | | man | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **name** *in a quote* | | | San | | | | | nom name «communication 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 130](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/11/130/) - next →: [sentence 132](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/11/132/) - ↑ back to [Winning Buddha’s Smile, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/11/)