--- title: He arrived there when there was great excitement among the people of… — Winning Buddha's smile · tree and pragmatics description: He arrived there when there was great excitement among the people of the city because of the death of the King and the exile of the young Prince to the Isle of Cho-To, events upon which we shall comment in the coming stage of our story. Who acts: San, we, King. 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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 (San, we, King), 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:pg78208:7:173 # text = He arrived there when there was great excitement among the people of the city because of the death of the King and the exile of the young Prince to the Isle of Cho-To, events upon which we shall comment in the coming stage of our story. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 4 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 5 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 6 expl _ _ 6 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 7 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 excitement excitement NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 9 among among ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 18 case _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 15 fixed _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 exile exile NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 Isle Isle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 Cho Cho PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 To To PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 events event NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 appos _ _ 38 upon upon ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 obl _ _ 40 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 comment comment VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 parataxis _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 46 amod _ _ 46 stage stage NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrive** | past | San | great excitement | | the Isle of Cho and To; there | | among the people of the city; because the death of the King and the exile of the young Prince | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to isle=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **be** | past | San *not said here* | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **comment** *speech: other* | shall | we | | | the coming stage of our story | | upon events | vn lecture-37.11-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **come** | gerund | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **die** | | the King and the exile of the young Prince | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: of=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 172](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/7/172/) - next →: [sentence 174](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/7/174/) - ↑ back to [Winning Buddha’s Smile, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/7/)