--- title: He then withdrew and hastened to the palace of Yen Sung, who seized… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: He then withdrew and hastened to the palace of Yen Sung, who seized the manuscript and read it eagerly, exclaiming, as he finished its perusal, “Thank the gods, we are saved! Who acts: master, palace, manuscript. 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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 (master, palace, manuscript), 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:pg75089:10:19 # text = He then withdrew and hastened to the palace of Yen Sung, who seized the manuscript and read it eagerly, exclaiming, as he finished its perusal, “Thank the gods, we are saved! 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 withdrew withdraw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 hastened hasten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Yen Yen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 Sung Sung PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 14 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 manuscript manuscript NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 read read VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 eagerly eagerly ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 exclaiming exclaim VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 finished finish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 27 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 perusal perusal NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 “ " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 Thank thank VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 parataxis _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 saved save VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **withdraw** | past | master | | | | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **hasten** | participle | master *not said here* | | | the palace of Yen | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to palace=Destination | | 3 | **seize** | past | the palace of Yen | the manuscript | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manuscript=Theme | | 4 | **read** | infinitive | the palace of Yen *not said here* | manuscript | | | | eagerly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 5 | **exclaim** *speech: express* | gerund | the palace of Yen *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **finish** | past | master | manuscript's perusal | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector perusal=Eventuality | | 7 | **thank** *speech: thank* *in a quote* | present | | | the gods | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent god=Theme | | 8 | **save** *in a quote* | present · passive | | we | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 9 | **peruse** | | manuscript | | | | | | nom perusal «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/10/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/10/20/) - ↑ back to [A Chinese Tea-house Story](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/10/)