--- title: Then he went on to Chang-ngan, where he found that Yun-Ying’s mother… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: Then he went on to Chang-ngan, where he found that Yun-Ying’s mother had spread a report that he was dead, and had invited all her friends to attend a wedding feast in honor of her daughter’s marriage with the yellow-faced old mandarin. Who acts: Pei, mother, daughter. 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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 (Pei, mother, daughter), 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:pg65965:26:43 # text = Then he went on to Chang-ngan, where he found that Yun-Ying’s mother had spread a report that he was dead, and had invited all her friends to attend a wedding feast in honor of her daughter’s marriage with the yellow-faced old mandarin. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 Chang Chang PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ngan ngan NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 12 advmod _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 14 Yun Yun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 Ying Ying PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ’s 's PART POS _ 16 case _ _ 18 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 spread spread VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 ccomp _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 report report NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 26 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 invited invite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 31 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 33 det:predet _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 attend attend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 honor honor NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 42 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ’s 's PART POS _ 43 case _ _ 45 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 46 with with ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 48 yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 faced faced ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 51 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 mandarin mandarin NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go on** | past | Pei | | | | then | to Chang ngan | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **find** | past | Pei | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **spread** | past · perfect | Yun Ying's mother | a report | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location report=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | Pei | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **invite** | past · perfect | Pei *not said here* | | mother's friends | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient | | 6 | **attend** | to-infinitive | Pei *not said here* | a wedding feast | | honor of mother's daughter's marriage with the faced old mandarin | | | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme feast=Goal | | 7 | **honor** | | | mother's daughter's marriage with the faced old mandarin | | | | | nom honor «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **marry** | | mother's daughter | | | | | with the faced old mandarin | nom marriage «state transitive»: poss=agent with=obl | 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:** «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Project Gutenberg book 65965 (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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/26/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/26/44/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/26/)