--- title: Presently the young General’s orderly visited his master’s prison wh… — Winning Buddha's smile · tree and pragmatics description: Presently the young General’s orderly visited his master’s prison where he received orders to announce to the village the arrival of San-Syeng, a special envoy of the King, and to arrest the Mandarin at once. Who acts: General, San. 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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 (General, San), 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:pg78208:11:143 # text = Presently the young General’s orderly visited his master’s prison where he received orders to announce to the village the arrival of San-Syeng, a special envoy of the King, and to arrest the Mandarin at once. 1 Presently presently ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 General General PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 6 orderly orderly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 visited visit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’s 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 prison prison NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 12 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 14 advmod _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 15 orders order NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 announce announce VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 arrival arrival NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod:unmarked _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 San San PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 Syeng Syeng PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 special special ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 envoy envoy NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 arrest arrest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 Mandarin Mandarin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 at at ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **visit** | present · passive | | the young General | | | | General's master's prison *obj*; orderly, presently *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **receive** | past | General | orders | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **announce** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | General *not said here* | | the village the arrival of San and a special envoy of the King | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to village=Recipient | | 4 | **arrest** | to-infinitive | | the Mandarin | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mandarin=Patient | | 5 | **arrive** | | San | | | | | | nom arrival «act intransitive»: of=agent | 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 140](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/11/140/) - next →: [sentence 142](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/11/142/) - ↑ back to [Winning Buddha’s Smile, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/11/)