Winning Buddha's smile, Winning Buddha’s Smile, part 8, sentence 49
By his side stood San-Syeng, who, after bowing to the King, turned to the Mandarin and said: “We must take our Sovereign to the To-Wan (the Mandarin’s palace, or town hall) so that he may be sheltered by a roof worthy of his rank.”
Who acts: San, We, roof worthy · What happens: stand, bow, turn, say, take, shelter · To what, where: San, Sovereign, Mandarin · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Winning Buddha's smile», Winning Buddha’s Smile, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (San, We, roof worthy), 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 | By | by | ADP | _ | 3 side | case |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 side | nmod:poss |
| 3 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stood | obl |
| 4 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | San | San | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 stood | obj |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 Syeng | punct |
| 7 | Syeng | Syeng | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 San | flat |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 bowing | punct |
| 9 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 bowing | nsubj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 bowing | punct |
| 11 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 12 bowing | mark |
| 12 | bowing | bow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 San | advcl |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 King | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 King | det |
| 15 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 bowing | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 turned | punct |
| 17 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 stood | conj |
| 18 | to | to | ADP | _ | 20 Mandarin | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 Mandarin | det |
| 20 | Mandarin | Mandarin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 turned | obl |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 said | cc |
| 22 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 stood | conj |
| 23 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 27 take | punct |
| 24 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 27 take | punct |
| 25 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 27 take | nsubj |
| 26 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 27 take | aux |
| 27 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 said | ccomp |
| 28 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 Sovereign | nmod:poss |
| 29 | Sovereign | sovereign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 take | obj |
| 30 | to | to | ADP | _ | 34 Wan | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 Wan | det |
| 32 | To | To | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 Wan | compound |
| 33 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 32 To | punct |
| 34 | Wan | Wan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 take | obl |
| 35 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 39 palace | punct |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 Mandarin | det |
| 37 | Mandarin | Mandarin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 palace | nmod:poss |
| 38 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 37 Mandarin | case |
| 39 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 take | obj |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 hall | punct |
| 41 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 43 hall | cc |
| 42 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 hall | compound |
| 43 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 palace | appos |
| 44 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 39 palace | punct |
| 45 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 50 sheltered | mark |
| 46 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 45 so | fixed |
| 47 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 50 sheltered | nsubj:pass |
| 48 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 50 sheltered | aux |
| 49 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 50 sheltered | aux:pass |
| 50 | sheltered | shelter | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 27 take | advcl |
| 51 | by | by | ADP | _ | 54 worthy | case |
| 52 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 54 worthy | det |
| 53 | roof | roof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 worthy | compound |
| 54 | worthy | worthy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 sheltered | obl |
| 55 | of | of | ADP | _ | 57 rank | case |
| 56 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 57 rank | nmod:poss |
| 57 | rank | rank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 worthy | nmod |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 stood | punct |
| 59 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 stood | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | past | San | by Mandarin's side | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent san=Theme by side=Destination | ||||
| 2 | bow | gerund | San | to the King | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to king=Pivot | ||||
| 3 | turn | past | to the Mandarin result | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to mandarin=Result | |||||
| 4 | say speech: assert | past | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 5 | take in a quote | must | We | our Sovereign | to the To Wan; the Mandarin's palace obj | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument sovereign=Theme palace=Destination | |||
| 6 | shelter in a quote | may · passive | a roof worthy of Mandarin's rank | Mandarin | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=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.
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