--- title: When Teacher Chi appeared Nien Chi with profound bows and his most p… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: When Teacher Chi appeared Nien Chi with profound bows and his most pleasing manner said, “The fame of your literary ability has come to the ears of my master, Yen Sung, and he desires you to write immediately a poem on Spring.” Who acts: Teacher, pleasing manner, fame. 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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 (Teacher, pleasing manner, fame), 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:pg75089:10:11 # text = When Teacher Chi appeared Nien Chi with profound bows and his most pleasing manner said, “The fame of your literary ability has come to the ears of my master, Yen Sung, and he desires you to write immediately a poem on Spring.” 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 Teacher Teacher PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 Chi Chi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 4 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 Nien Nien PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 Chi Chi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 profound profound NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 bows bow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 12 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 13 advmod _ _ 13 pleasing please VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 14 amod _ _ 14 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 17 “ " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 fame fame NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 22 literary literary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 ability ability NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 24 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 ccomp _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 Yen Yen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 appos _ _ 34 Sung Sung PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 desires desire VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 write write VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 advcl _ _ 42 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 poem poem NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 45 on on ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 Spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ” " PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **appear** | past | Teacher | Nien Chi | | | | with profound bows | tree rules | | 2 | **please** | gerund | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | teacher's pleasing manner | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **come** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the fame of your literary ability | | | the ears of my master | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to ear=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **desire** *in a quote* | present | teacher | you | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot you=Theme | | 6 | **write** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | teacher *not said here* | a poem | | | spring | immediately *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poem=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:** «Gleanings from Chinese folklore» by Nellie Naomi Russell, Project Gutenberg book 75089 (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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/10/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/10/12/) - ↑ back to [A Chinese Tea-house Story](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/10/)