Winning Buddha's smile, Opening, sentence 19
In some manner, our legend escaped this wholesale literary destruction, and it is here presented to English readers with the hope that it will meet with an indulgent reception by the ever-widening circle of those who take an interest in the things of other peoples and other lands.
Who acts: legend, this · What happens: escape, destruction, present, meet, widen, take · To what, where: manner, Legend, English readers, hope, interest, things
This is a sentence of «Winning Buddha's smile», Opening. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (legend, this), 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 manner | case |
| 2 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 3 manner | det |
| 3 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 escaped | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 manner | punct |
| 5 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 legend | nmod:poss |
| 6 | legend | legend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 escaped | nsubj |
| 7 | escaped | escape | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 11 destruction | nsubj |
| 9 | wholesale | wholesale | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 destruction | amod |
| 10 | literary | literary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 destruction | amod |
| 11 | destruction | destruction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 escaped | ccomp |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 presented | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 presented | cc |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 presented | nsubj:pass |
| 15 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 presented | aux:pass |
| 16 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 17 presented | advmod |
| 17 | presented | present | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 escaped | conj |
| 18 | to | to | ADP | _ | 20 readers | case |
| 19 | English | English | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 readers | amod |
| 20 | readers | reader | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 presented | obl |
| 21 | with | with | ADP | _ | 23 hope | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 hope | det |
| 23 | hope | hope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 presented | obl |
| 24 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 27 meet | mark |
| 25 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 meet | nsubj |
| 26 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 27 meet | aux |
| 27 | meet | meet | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 hope | acl |
| 28 | with | with | ADP | _ | 31 reception | case |
| 29 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 31 reception | det |
| 30 | indulgent | indulgent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 reception | amod |
| 31 | reception | reception | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 meet | obl |
| 32 | by | by | ADP | _ | 37 circle | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 circle | det |
| 34 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 36 widening | advmod |
| 35 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 34 ever | punct |
| 36 | widening | widen | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 37 circle | amod |
| 37 | circle | circle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 meet | obl |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 those | case |
| 39 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 37 circle | nmod |
| 40 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 41 take | nsubj |
| 41 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 those | acl:relcl |
| 42 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 43 interest | det |
| 43 | interest | interest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 take | obj |
| 44 | in | in | ADP | _ | 46 things | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 things | det |
| 46 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 interest | nmod |
| 47 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 peoples | case |
| 48 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 peoples | amod |
| 49 | peoples | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 46 things | nmod |
| 50 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 52 lands | cc |
| 51 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 lands | amod |
| 52 | lands | land | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 peoples | conj |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 escaped | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | escape | past | our legend | some manner | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | destruction | this | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | present | present · passive | Legend | English readers | here | with the hope | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to reader=Recipient | ||
| 4 | meet | future | Legend | the hope not said here | with a indulgent reception; by the widening circle of those | vn satisfy-55.7 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent hope=Theme with reception=Instrument | |||
| 5 | widen | gerund | ever | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 6 | take | present | a interest | the things of other peoples and other lands | who nsubj | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent interest=Value in thing=Location |
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.
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