--- title: The man in yellow lifted his head and asked, “Where do you come from… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: The man in yellow lifted his head and asked, “Where do you come from and why are you not going in for the examinations, for I see that you are a man of no mean ability?” Who acts: man, 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 (man, 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:pg75089:10:110 # text = The man in yellow lifted his head and asked, “Where do you come from and why are you not going in for the examinations, for I see that you are a man of no mean ability?” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 yellow yellow NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 Where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 15 advmod _ _ 13 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 16 from from ADP IN _ 15 obl _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 18 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ _ 19 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 23 in in ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 examinations examination NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 for for SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 ccomp _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 39 det _ _ 38 mean mean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 ability ability NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ? ? PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lift** | past | the man in yellow | Chi's head | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the man in yellow *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **come** *in a quote* | present · do-support | you | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **not** **go in** *in a quote* | present · progressive | you | | | | | for the examinations | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for examination=Beneficiary | | 5 | **see** *in a quote* | present | the man in yellow *= man* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | you | a man | | | | of no mean ability | tree rules | 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 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/10/109/) - next →: [sentence 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/10/111/) - ↑ back to [A Chinese Tea-house Story](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/10/)