--- title: San-Syeng, his cup overflowing with happiness at having found his mo… — Winning Buddha's smile · tree and pragmatics description: San-Syeng, his cup overflowing with happiness at having found his mother and his wife at one and the same time, desired to be told about his father, and, at his urgent request, Yeng-Si, with tears in her eyes and a faltering voice, related to him the misfortunes of San-Houni. Who acts: cup, 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 (cup, 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:pg78208:11:153 # text = San-Syeng, his cup overflowing with happiness at having found his mother and his wife at one and the same time, desired to be told about his father, and, at his urgent request, Yeng-Si, with tears in her eyes and a faltering voice, related to him the misfortunes of San-Houni. 1 San San PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Syeng Syeng PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 parataxis _ _ 7 overflowing overflow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 happiness happiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 10 at at SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 aux _ _ 12 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 obl _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 desired desire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 xcomp _ _ 29 about about ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 at at ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 37 urgent urgent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 request request NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 Yeng Yeng PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 Si Si PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nmod _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 faltering falter VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 52 amod _ _ 52 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 54 related related ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 55 to to ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 obl _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 misfortunes misfortune NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 nsubj _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 San San PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 62 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 Houni Houni PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **overflow** | gerund | San's cup *not said here* | | | | | with happiness | tree rules | | 2 | **find** | gerund · perfect | San's cup *not said here* | San's mother and San's wife | | | | at one and the same time | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent mother=Theme at one=Asset | | 3 | **desire** | participle | San's cup *not said here* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | San's cup *not said here* | | | | | about San's father | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: about father=Topic | | 5 | **falter** | gerund | | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **request** | | San | | | | | | nom request «communication transitive»: poss=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 150](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/11/150/) - next →: [sentence 152](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/11/152/) - ↑ back to [Winning Buddha’s Smile, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/11/)