--- title: The reader will recall how the adorable Cheng-Si, daughter of the un… — Winning Buddha's smile · tree and pragmatics description: The reader will recall how the adorable Cheng-Si, daughter of the unfortunate Sun-Yen, had agreed, in order to procure help for her father, to become the victim that the Korean merchants were to offer the hungry monsters of the Yellow Sea. Who acts: reader, Korean merchants. 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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 (reader, Korean merchants), 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:pg78208:8:90 # text = The reader will recall how the adorable Cheng-Si, daughter of the unfortunate Sun-Yen, had agreed, in order to procure help for her father, to become the victim that the Korean merchants were to offer the hungry monsters of the Yellow Sea. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 reader reader NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 recall recall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 adorable adorable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 Cheng Cheng PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Si Si PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 appos _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 unfortunate unfortunate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 Yen Yen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 agreed agree VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 in in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 26 mark _ _ 24 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 fixed _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 procure procure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 27 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 victim victim NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 xcomp _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 Korean korean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 merchants merchant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj _ _ 40 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 offer offer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 acl _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 monsters monster NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 Yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 Sea Sea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **recall** | future | the reader | | | | | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past · perfect · passive | | the adorable Cheng and Si | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Topic | | 3 | **procure** | to-infinitive | the reader *not said here* | help | | | | for reader's father | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent help=Theme for father=Beneficiary | | 4 | **become** | to-infinitive | the reader *not said here* | the victim | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **offer** | past | the Korean merchants | the hungry monsters of the Yellow Sea | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent monster=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 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/8/87/) - next →: [sentence 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/8/89/) - ↑ back to [Winning Buddha’s Smile, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/8/)