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title: Such in substance were the reflections of the Prime Minister, but it… — Winning Buddha's smile · tree and pragmatics
description: Such in substance were the reflections of the Prime Minister, but it would be necessary to find a pretext for the exile of Sun and Ja-Jo-Mi, the clever, was not long in devising a scheme. A sentence of «Winning Buddha's smile», Winning Buddha’s Smile, part 1, with its dependency tree and the pragmat
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# Winning Buddha's smile, Winning Buddha’s Smile, part 1, sentence 82

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Such in substance were the reflections of the Prime Minister, but it would be necessary to find a pretext for the exile of Sun and Ja-Jo-Mi, the clever, was not long in devising a scheme.

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**What happens:** be, find, not be, devise · **To what, where:** pretext, scheme

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This is a sentence of «Winning Buddha's smile», Winning Buddha’s Smile, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg78208:3:82
# text = Such in substance were the reflections of the Prime Minister, but it would be necessary to find a pretext for the exile of Sun and Ja-Jo-Mi, the clever, was not long in devising a scheme.
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	6	case	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	substance	substance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	reflections	reflection	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Prime	Prime	PROPN	NNP	_	10	compound	_	_
10	Minister	Minister	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	expl	_	_
14	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	cop	_	_
16	necessary	necessary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	csubj	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	pretext	pretext	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
21	for	for	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	exile	exile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
27	Ja	Ja	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	29	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	Jo	Jo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	31	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	Mi	Mi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
36	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	38	cop	_	_
37	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	38	advmod	_	_
38	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
39	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	40	mark	_	_
40	devising	devise	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	38	advcl	_	_
41	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	scheme	scheme	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	38	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | such the reflections; of the Prime Minister | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | would |  |  |  |  |  | necessary *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **find** | to-infinitive |  | a pretext |  |  |  | for the exile of Sun and Ja and Jo and Mi | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent pretext=Theme for exile=Beneficiary |
| 4 | **not** **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | long *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **devise** | gerund |  | a scheme |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scheme=Patient |

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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.

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**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.

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