Winning Buddha's smile, Winning Buddha’s Smile, part 1, sentence 2
In the far away days of the olden time when the earth was still in its childhood and when the city of Hpyeng-Yang was the capital of Korea, there was numbered among its inhabitants a high dignitary of the Court, Sun-Yen by name, who owed his exalted position solely to his intelligence and capability.
Who acts: earth, city, name · What happens: be, number, owe, exalt · To what, where: childhood, capital, exalted position
This is a sentence of «Winning Buddha's smile», Winning Buddha’s Smile, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (earth, city, name), 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 | _ | 5 days | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 days | det |
| 3 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 away | advmod |
| 4 | away | away | ADV | _ | 5 days | amod |
| 5 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 numbered | obl |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 time | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 time | det |
| 8 | olden | olden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 time | amod |
| 9 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 days | nmod |
| 10 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 17 childhood | advmod |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 earth | det |
| 12 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 childhood | nsubj |
| 13 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 childhood | cop |
| 14 | still | still | ADV | _ | 17 childhood | advmod |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 childhood | case |
| 16 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 childhood | nmod:poss |
| 17 | childhood | childhood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 time | nmod |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 capital | cc |
| 19 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 28 capital | advmod |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 city | det |
| 21 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 capital | nsubj |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 Hpyeng | case |
| 23 | Hpyeng | Hpyeng | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 city | nmod |
| 24 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 25 Yang | punct |
| 25 | Yang | Yang | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 Hpyeng | conj |
| 26 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 capital | cop |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 capital | det |
| 28 | capital | capital | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 childhood | conj |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 Korea | case |
| 30 | Korea | Korea | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 capital | nmod |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 days | punct |
| 32 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 34 numbered | expl |
| 33 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 numbered | aux:pass |
| 34 | numbered | number | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 35 | among | among | ADP | _ | 37 inhabitants | case |
| 36 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 inhabitants | nmod:poss |
| 37 | inhabitants | inhabitant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 numbered | obl |
| 38 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 40 dignitary | det |
| 39 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 dignitary | amod |
| 40 | dignitary | dignitary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 inhabitants | nmod |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 Court | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 Court | det |
| 43 | Court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 dignitary | nmod |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 Sun | punct |
| 45 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 dignitary | nmod |
| 46 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 47 Yen | punct |
| 47 | Yen | Yen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 45 Sun | conj |
| 48 | by | by | ADP | _ | 49 name | case |
| 49 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 numbered | obl |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 owed | punct |
| 51 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 52 owed | nsubj |
| 52 | owed | owe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 49 name | acl:relcl |
| 53 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 55 position | nmod:poss |
| 54 | exalted | exalt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 55 position | amod |
| 55 | position | position | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 owed | obj |
| 56 | solely | solely | ADV | _ | 59 intelligence | advmod |
| 57 | to | to | ADP | _ | 59 intelligence | case |
| 58 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 59 intelligence | nmod:poss |
| 59 | intelligence | intelligence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 owed | advcl |
| 60 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 61 capability | cc |
| 61 | capability | capability | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 intelligence | conj |
| 62 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 34 numbered | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the earth | earth's childhood and the capital | still | tree rules | |||
| 2 | is a | past | the city of Hpyeng and Yang | the capital | of Korea | tree rules | |||
| 3 | number | past · passive | name | there | day | among earth's inhabitants a high dignitary of the Court Sun and Yen | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||
| 4 | owe | past | name | Yen's exalted position | Yen's intelligence and capability advcl | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent position=Theme | |||
| 5 | exalt | participle | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
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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