--- title: She then demanded, in exchange, the paper bearing her father’s signa… — Winning Buddha's smile · tree and pragmatics description: She then demanded, in exchange, the paper bearing her father’s signature, thanked him for having saved Sun-Yen’s life, and asked him to continue his prayers for the blind man. Who acts: hand, paper, father. 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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 (hand, paper, father), 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:pg78208:4:181 # text = She then demanded, in exchange, the paper bearing her father’s signature, thanked him for having saved Sun-Yen’s life, and asked him to continue his prayers for the blind man. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 demanded demand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 exchange exchange NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 10 bearing bear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 acl _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ’s 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 signature signature NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 thanked thank VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 for for SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 19 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 20 saved save VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 xcomp _ _ 21 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 Yen Yen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ’s 's PART POS _ 21 case _ _ 25 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 iobj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 continue continue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 prayers prayer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 blind blind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **demand** *speech: request* | past | hand | exchange | | | then | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme exchange=Precondition | | 2 | **bear** | gerund | the paper *not said here* | hand's father's signature | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent signature=Patient | | 3 | **thank** *speech: thank* | past | hand *not said here* | | father | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 4 | **have** | gerund | hand *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **save** | participle | hand *not said here* | Sun and Yen's life | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | hand *not said here* | | father | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **continue** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | hand *not said here* | father's prayers | | | | for the blind man | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent prayer=Theme | | 8 | **sign** | | hand's father | | | | | | nom signature «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **pray** | | father | | | | | | nom prayer «act intransitive»: poss=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 179](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/4/179/) - next →: [sentence 181](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/4/181/) - ↑ back to [Winning Buddha’s Smile, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/4/)