--- title: He went away, his head bowed in sadness, while the young girl, tears… — Winning Buddha's smile · tree and pragmatics description: He went away, his head bowed in sadness, while the young girl, tears rolling down her cheeks, followed him with her eyes until she saw him disappear in the black depths of the wood. Who acts: fashion, tears, girl. 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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 (fashion, tears, girl), 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:pg78208:7:169 # text = He went away, his head bowed in sadness, while the young girl, tears rolling down her cheeks, followed him with her eyes until she saw him disappear in the black depths of the wood. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 away away ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 bowed bow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 sadness sadness NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 while while SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 conj _ _ 17 rolling roll VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 acl _ _ 18 down down ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 cheeks cheek NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 27 until until SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 disappear disappear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 depths depth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go away** | past | fashion | fashion's head | | | | the young girl and tears *parataxis*; away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **bow** | participle | | fashion's head *not said here* | | sadness | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in sadness=Location | | 3 | **roll down** | gerund | tears *not said here* | girl's cheeks | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheek=Agent | | 4 | **follow** | past | fashion *not said here* | fashion | | | | with girl's eyes | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **see** | past | girl | fashion | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **disappear** | infinitive | fashion *not said here* | | | the black depths of the wood | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 168](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/7/168/) - next →: [sentence 170](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/7/170/) - ↑ back to [Winning Buddha’s Smile, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/7/)