--- title: “I wish I could burn that forest and then my San-Syeng would have to… — Winning Buddha's smile · tree and pragmatics description: “I wish I could burn that forest and then my San-Syeng would have to take the mountain road, and I wish the plagued mountains were at the bottom of the sea,” cried the unhappy girl--“for I would be able to see my husband again.” Who acts: unhappy girl, San, plagued mountains. 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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 (unhappy girl, San, plagued mountains), 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:pg78208:7:170 # text = “I wish I could burn that forest and then my San-Syeng would have to take the mountain road, and I wish the plagued mountains were at the bottom of the sea,” cried the unhappy girl--“for I would be able to see my husband again.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 burn burn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 10 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ _ 11 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 San San PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 Syeng Syeng PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 flat _ _ 15 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 plagued plague VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 amod _ _ 28 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 29 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 30 at at ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 ccomp _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ” " PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ _ 38 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 unhappy unhappy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 -- -- PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 “ " PUNCT `` _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 for for SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 46 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 48 cop _ _ 48 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 conj _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 xcomp _ _ 51 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 53 again again ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wish** *in a quote* | present | the unhappy girl *= girl* | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **burn** *in a quote* | could | the unhappy girl *= girl* | | | | | forest *nsubj* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 3 | **have** *in a quote* | would | my San | | | | then | | tree rules | | 4 | **take** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | my San *not said here* | the mountain road | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Theme | | 5 | **wish** *in a quote* | present | the unhappy girl *= girl* | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 6 | **plague** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | past | the plagued mountains | | | the bottom | | of the sea | tree rules | | 8 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | the unhappy girl | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **is** *in a quote* | would | the unhappy girl *= girl* | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **see** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the unhappy girl *= girl* *not said here* | my husband | | | again | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer husband=Stimulus | 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 169](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/7/169/) - next →: [sentence 171](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/7/171/) - ↑ back to [Winning Buddha’s Smile, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/7/)