--- title: “Yes,” replied the hermit; “on mankind I have exhausted my whole for… — Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth · tree and pragmatics description: “Yes,” replied the hermit; “on mankind I have exhausted my whole fortune; and this staff, that cup, and those roots, are all that I have in return.”—“Did you bestow your fortune among them, or did you only lend it?” returned Mencius. Who acts: hermit, staff, you. 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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 (hermit, staff, you), 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:pg62868:3:9 # text = “Yes,” replied the hermit; “on mankind I have exhausted my whole fortune; and this staff, that cup, and those roots, are all that I have in return.”—“Did you bestow your fortune among them, or did you only lend it?” returned Mencius. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 parataxis _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 hermit hermit NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 mankind mankind NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 exhausted exhaust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 acl:relcl _ _ 15 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 16 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 20 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 det _ _ 21 staff staff NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 det _ _ 24 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 27 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 28 det _ _ 28 roots root NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 30 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 31 all all ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 — - PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 “ " PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 bestow bestow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 44 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 among among ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 or or CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 51 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 only only ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 53 lend lend VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 ccomp _ _ 54 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 57 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 58 Mencius Mencius PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 57 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: ask* | past | the hermit | | | | | mankind *obl* | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **exhaust** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the hermit *= hermit* | my whole fortune | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus fortune=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | this staff and that cup | | | return | | that roots *nsubj*; I *nsubj*; all, have *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **bestow** *in a quote* | past · do-support | you | your fortune | | | | among roots *= root* | tree rules | | 5 | **do** *in a quote* | past | the hermit *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **lend** *in a quote* | present | you | hermit | | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 7 | **return** | past | | Mencius | | | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mencius=Theme | 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:** «Oriental tales, for the entertainment of youth» by Anonymous, Project Gutenberg book 62868 (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/pg62868/3/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/3/10/) - ↑ back to [Story of Mencius.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg62868/3/)