--- title: Before reaching the shrine of Ro-Ja, Yeng-Si related to her son, whi… — Winning Buddha's smile · tree and pragmatics description: Before reaching the shrine of Ro-Ja, Yeng-Si related to her son, while they were passing by the grove of bamboo, which figures so conspicuously in our story, under what pitiful circumstances he had been born. Who acts: Yeng, Ja, bamboo, pitiful circumstances. 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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 (Yeng, Ja, bamboo, pitiful circumstances), 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:pg78208:11:163 # text = Before reaching the shrine of Ro-Ja, Yeng-Si related to her son, while they were passing by the grove of bamboo, which figures so conspicuously in our story, under what pitiful circumstances he had been born. 1 Before before SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 reaching reach VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 shrine shrine NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Ro Ro PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Ja Ja PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 10 Yeng Yeng PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 Si Si PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 flat _ _ 13 related relate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 while while SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 passing pass VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 22 by by ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 grove grove NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 bamboo bamboo NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 29 figures figure VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 30 so so ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 conspicuously conspicuously ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 under under ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 21 obl _ _ 38 pitiful pitiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 circumstances circumstance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | gerund | Yeng *not said here* | the shrine of Ro and Ja | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent shrine=Theme | | 2 | **relate** | past | Yeng | | | | | to Yeng's son | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to son=Co-Theme | | 3 | **pass** | past · progressive | Ja | | | | | by the grove of bamboo; what pitiful circumstances *obl* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by grove=Location | | 4 | **figure** | present | bamboo | | | our story | | conspicuously *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **bear** | past · perfect · passive | pitiful circumstances *not said here* | son | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 160](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/11/160/) - next →: [Winning Buddha’s Smile, part…, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/12/1/) - ↑ back to [Winning Buddha’s Smile, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/11/)