--- title: Sun-Yen the benevolent, spoke to them in a gentle tone and in the na… — Winning Buddha's smile · tree and pragmatics description: Sun-Yen the benevolent, spoke to them in a gentle tone and in the name of the King invited them to stay several days at the Capital, and the blind men, you may believe, accepted with joy, for they knew they would be well taken care of. Who acts: Sun, Alas, blind men. 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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 (Sun, Alas, blind men), 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:pg78208:12:169 # text = Sun-Yen the benevolent, spoke to them in a gentle tone and in the name of the King invited them to stay several days at the Capital, and the blind men, you may believe, accepted with joy, for they knew they would be well taken care of. 1 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Yen Yen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 benevolent benevolent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 7 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 gentle gentle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 tone tone NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 invited invite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 25 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 27 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 Capital Capital PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 blind blind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 accepted accept VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 parataxis _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 for for SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 47 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 48 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 49 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 51 aux:pass _ _ 50 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 51 advmod _ _ 51 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 ccomp _ _ 52 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | Sun and Yen | | Alas *= ala* | a gentle tone and the name of the King | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to they=Co-Agent | | 2 | **invite** | past | Sun and Yen *not said here* | Alas *= ala* | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **stay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Alas *= ala* *not said here* | | | | day | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **believe** | may | the blind men | | | | | you *nsubj* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **accept** | participle | | | | | | with joy | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **know** | past | Alas *= ala* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **take** | would · passive | | Alas *= ala* | | | | care *obj*; well *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme care=Destination | | 8 | **name** | | | the King | | | | | 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 166](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/12/166/) - next →: [sentence 168](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/12/168/) - ↑ back to [Winning Buddha’s Smile, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/12/)