--- title: “What did I tell you the other day,” she said to her husband, but sh… — Winning Buddha's smile · tree and pragmatics description: “What did I tell you the other day,” she said to her husband, but she soon gained control of herself and regarded the misfortune which had fallen on both of them in a calm light. Who acts: woman, misfortune. 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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 (woman, misfortune), 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:pg78208:3:136 # text = “What did I tell you the other day,” she said to her husband, but she soon gained control of herself and regarded the misfortune which had fallen on both of them in a calm light. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 said say 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 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 21 advmod _ _ 21 gained gain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 22 control control NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 22 nmod _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 regarded regard VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 misfortune misfortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 acl:relcl _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 31 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nmod _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 calm calm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past · do-support | woman | | woman's husband *= husband* | | day | What *obj* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient what=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | woman | | woman's husband | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to husband=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **gain** | past | woman | control of woman | | | | soon *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent control=Theme | | 4 | **regard** | past | woman *not said here* | the misfortune | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent misfortune=Theme | | 5 | **fall** | past · perfect | the misfortune | | | both of Sun | | in a calm light | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on both=Location | 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 135](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/3/135/) - next →: [sentence 137](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/3/137/) - ↑ back to [Winning Buddha’s Smile, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/3/)