--- title: It was decreed that San-Houni be banished and that he be forced to l… — Winning Buddha's smile · tree and pragmatics description: It was decreed that San-Houni be banished and that he be forced to live on the island of Ko-Kum-To, a desolate, sparsely populated rock in the Yellow Sea. Who acts: Houni. 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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 (Houni), 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:pg78208:5:55 # text = It was decreed that San-Houni be banished and that he be forced to live on the island of Ko-Kum-To, a desolate, sparsely populated rock in the Yellow Sea. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 decreed decree VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 5 San San PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Houni Houni PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 banished banish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 forced force VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 Ko Ko PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 Kum Kum PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 To To PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 desolate desolate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 sparsely sparsely ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 populated populate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 amod _ _ 32 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 Yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 Sea Sea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **decree** | past · passive | | Minister | | | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **banish** | infinitive · passive | | San Houni | | | | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **force** | infinitive · passive | | Houni | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **live** | to-infinitive | Houni *not said here* | | | the island of Ko and Kum and To | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on island=Location | | 5 | **desolate** | infinitive | | populated rock | | the Yellow Sea | | | tree rules | | 6 | **populate** | participle | | | | | | sparsely *property* | tree rules | 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/5/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/5/54/) - ↑ back to [Winning Buddha’s Smile, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/5/)