--- title: This decision exasperated Ja-Jo-Mi; he protested furiously against i… — Winning Buddha's smile · tree and pragmatics description: This decision exasperated Ja-Jo-Mi; he protested furiously against it, saying that the Prince was too young to attend to affairs of state and he painted a very black picture of the conditions of the country if the government were placed in his hands. Who acts: decision, Prince. 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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 (decision, Prince), 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:pg78208:8:9 # text = This decision exasperated Ja-Jo-Mi; he protested furiously against it, saying that the Prince was too young to attend to affairs of state and he painted a very black picture of the conditions of the country if the government were placed in his hands. 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 decision decision NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 3 exasperated exasperate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 Ja Ja PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Jo Jo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Mi Mi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 protested protest VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 furiously furiously ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 against against ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 21 too too ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 ccomp _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 attend attend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 affairs affair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 painted paint VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 33 very very ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 conditions condition NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nmod _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 42 if if SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 government government NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 45 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 advcl _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **exasperate** | participle | this decision *not said here* | Ja and Mi | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus ja=Experiencer | | 2 | **protest** *speech: disagree* | past | this decision | | | | | against choice; furiously *property* | vn rebel-71.2-2 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent against it=Topic | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | this decision *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | the Prince | | | | | young *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **attend** | to-infinitive | the Prince *not said here* | | | | | to affairs of state | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent to affair=Theme | | 6 | **paint** | past | decision | a black picture of the conditions of the country | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent picture=Destination | | 7 | **place** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive | | the government | | government's hands | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in hand=Destination | | 8 | **condition** | | | the country | | | | | nom condition «state transitive»: of=patient | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/8/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/8/10/) - ↑ back to [Winning Buddha’s Smile, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/8/)