--- title: One day, when San-Syeng was out walking he noticed one of these crow… — Winning Buddha's smile · tree and pragmatics description: One day, when San-Syeng was out walking he noticed one of these crowds; he hurried back to his lodgings and inquired of Hong-Jun, his landlord, who had formerly held an important commission in the army, Who acts: San. 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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), 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:pg78208:8:52 # text = One day, when San-Syeng was out walking he noticed one of these crowds; he hurried back to his lodgings and inquired of Hong-Jun, his landlord, who had formerly held an important commission in the army, 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 when when SCONJ WRB _ 10 mark _ _ 5 San San PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Syeng Syeng PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 flat _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 out out ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 walking walk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 noticed notice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 16 det _ _ 16 crowds crowd NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 hurried hurry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 20 back back ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 lodgings lodging NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 inquired inquire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 Hong Hong PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 Jun Jun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 landlord landlord NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 formerly formerly ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 acl:relcl _ _ 38 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 important important ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 commission commission NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | past · progressive | San | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **notice** | past | San | one of this crowds | | | day | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus | | 3 | **hurry back** | past | San | | | San's lodgings | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to lodging=Destination | | 4 | **inquire** *speech: other* | past | San *not said here* | | | | | of Hong and Jun | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent of hong=Recipient | | 5 | **hold** | past · perfect · passive | | San's landlord | | | | a important commission *obj*; formerly *property* | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Theme commission=Eventuality | 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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/8/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/8/53/) - ↑ back to [Winning Buddha’s Smile, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/8/)