--- title: Then the assassin, judging it indiscreet to continue in the directio… — Winning Buddha's smile · tree and pragmatics description: Then the assassin, judging it indiscreet to continue in the direction of Ko-Kum-To, changed the course of his vessel to a spot he was well acquainted with. Who acts: assassin. A sentence of «Winning Buddha's smile», Winning Buddha’s Smile, part 3, with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/5/89/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Winning Buddha's smile](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/) / [Winning Buddha’s Smile, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/5/) / 89 # Winning Buddha's smile, Winning Buddha’s Smile, part 3, sentence 89 Then the assassin, judging it indiscreet to continue in the direction of Ko-Kum-To, changed the course of his vessel to a spot he was well acquainted with. **Who acts:** assassin · **What happens:** judge, continue, change, acquaint · **To what, where:** assassin, direction, course This is a sentence of «Winning Buddha's smile», Winning Buddha’s Smile, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (assassin), 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:pg78208:5:91 # text = Then the assassin, judging it indiscreet to continue in the direction of Ko-Kum-To, changed the course of his vessel to a spot he was well acquainted with. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 assassin assassin NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 judging judge VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 indiscreet indiscreet NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 continue continue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 direction direction NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Ko Ko PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 Kum Kum PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 To To PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 20 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 vessel vessel NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 31 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 32 advmod _ _ 32 acquainted acquaint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 acl:relcl _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **judge** | gerund | the assassin *not said here* | assassin | | | | indiscreet *obj* | tree rules | | 2 | **continue** | to-infinitive | the assassin *not said here* | | | the direction of Ko and Kum and To | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **change** | past | the assassin | the course of course's vessel | | | | to a spot | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Patient | | 4 | **acquaint** *speech: other* | past · passive | | course | | | | well *property* | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | 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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/5/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/5/90/) - ↑ back to [Winning Buddha’s Smile, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/5/)