--- title: Later on, when the curtain of twilight began to lower its darkness t… — Winning Buddha's smile · tree and pragmatics description: Later on, when the curtain of twilight began to lower its darkness the prisoner entered his house to seek slumber but all night long he was haunted by the memory of the girl he had seen in his garden and he could not sleep. Who acts: curtain, prisoner, memory. 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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 (curtain, prisoner, memory), 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:pg78208:8:174 # text = Later on, when the curtain of twilight began to lower its darkness the prisoner entered his house to seek slumber but all night long he was haunted by the memory of the girl he had seen in his garden and he could not sleep. 1 Later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 2 advmod _ _ 2 on on ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 4 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 curtain curtain NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 twilight twilight NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 lower lower VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 darkness darkness NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 prisoner prisoner NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 21 slumber slumber NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 24 det _ _ 24 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 25 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 28 advmod _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 haunted haunt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl _ _ 29 by by ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 memory memory NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 acl:relcl _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 45 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | the curtain of twilight | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **lower** | to-infinitive | the curtain of twilight *not said here* | curtain's darkness | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent darkness=Theme | | 3 | **enter** | past | the prisoner | prisoner's house | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme house=Destination | | 4 | **seek** | to-infinitive | the prisoner *not said here* | slumber but all night | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent slumber=Theme | | 5 | **haunt** | past · passive | the memory of the girl | prisoner | | | | long *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer | | 6 | **see** | past · perfect | prisoner | the girl *not said here* | | prisoner's garden | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer girl=Stimulus | | 7 | **not** **sleep** | could | prisoner | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=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 171](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/8/171/) - next →: [Winning Buddha’s Smile, part 7, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/9/1/) - ↑ back to [Winning Buddha’s Smile, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/8/)