--- title: Two candles--signifying youth; a needle and thread--signifying union… — Winning Buddha's smile · tree and pragmatics description: Two candles--signifying youth; a needle and thread--signifying union; and incense burners, were placed on this improvised altar before which the betrothed pair knelt to pray to Heaven, after which they drank the sacramental wine from the same cup. Who acts: Two candles, burners. 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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 (Two candles, burners), 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:pg78208:9:106 # text = Two candles--signifying youth; a needle and thread--signifying union; and incense burners, were placed on this improvised altar before which the betrothed pair knelt to pray to Heaven, after which they drank the sacramental wine from the same cup. 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 candles candle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 -- -- PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 signifying signify VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 needle needle NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 thread thread NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 -- -- PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 signifying signify VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 amod _ _ 13 union union NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 incense incense NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 burners burner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 19 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 det _ _ 23 improvised improvise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 amod _ _ 24 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 before before ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 26 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 betrothed betroth VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 amod _ _ 29 pair pair NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 30 knelt kneel VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 pray pray VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Heaven Heaven PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 after after ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 obl _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 drank drink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 sacramental sacramental ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 43 from from ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **signify** | gerund | | | | | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **signify** | gerund | | | | | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 3 | **place** | past · passive | Two candles and signifying youth and a needle and thread and signifying union *not said here* | incense burners | | this improvised altar | before the betrothed pair | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme on altar=Destination | | 4 | **improvise** | participle | | | | | | | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **betroth** | participle | | | | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **kneel** | participle | | the betrothed pair *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **pray** | to-infinitive | | | Heaven | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 8 | **drink** | past | burners *= burner* | the sacramental wine | | the same cup | | which *obl* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wine=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 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/9/105/) - next →: [sentence 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/9/107/) - ↑ back to [Winning Buddha’s Smile, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78208/9/)