--- title: Sun-Yen was profoundly moved when he heard it but, losing no time in… — Winning Buddha's smile · tree and pragmatics description: Sun-Yen was profoundly moved when he heard it but, losing no time in passive sympathy, he summoned a police agent, of whom he demanded, “Do you know what caused the death of those unfortunates?” Who acts: servant, you, unfortunates. 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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 (servant, you, unfortunates), 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:pg78208:3:23 # text = Sun-Yen was profoundly moved when he heard it but, losing no time in passive sympathy, he summoned a police agent, of whom he demanded, “Do you know what caused the death of those unfortunates?” 1 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Yen Yen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 5 profoundly profoundly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 moved move VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 losing lose VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 conj _ _ 14 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 15 det _ _ 15 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 passive passive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 sympathy sympathy NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 summoned summon VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 police police NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 agent agent NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 21 obl _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 demanded demand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 “ " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 Do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 parataxis _ _ 35 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 36 nsubj _ _ 36 caused cause VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 ccomp _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 41 det _ _ 41 unfortunates unfortunate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ? ? PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | past · passive | | Sun and Yen | | | | profoundly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: subject=Result | | 2 | **hear** | past | servant | spectacle | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 3 | **lose** | gerund | servant *not said here* | | | passive sympathy | time | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: agent=Agent in sympathy=Eventuality | | 4 | **summon** | past | servant | a police agent | | | | whom *obl* | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent agent=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **demand** *speech: request* | past | servant | | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **know** *in a quote* | present · do-support | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **cause** *in a quote* | past | | the death of that unfortunates | | | | what *nsubj* | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition death=Patient | | 8 | **die** *in a quote* | | that unfortunates | | | | | | nom death «event 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/3/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/3/24/) - ↑ back to [Winning Buddha’s Smile, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/3/)