--- title: Chi Hsiao Tang presented himself at the hall on the opening day, but… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: Chi Hsiao Tang presented himself at the hall on the opening day, but was refused a place among the aspirants for degrees, the only reason given being that an order barring all of his surname had been issued by the powerful minister and judge, Yen Sung. Who acts: Chi, powerful minister, order. 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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 (Chi, powerful minister, order), 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:pg75089:10:32 # text = Chi Hsiao Tang presented himself at the hall on the opening day, but was refused a place among the aspirants for degrees, the only reason given being that an order barring all of his surname had been issued by the powerful minister and judge, Yen Sung. 1 Chi Chi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 Hsiao Hsiao PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 Tang Tang PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 4 presented present VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 obj _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 opening opening ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 refused refuse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 among among ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 aspirants aspirant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 22 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 degrees degree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 28 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 advcl _ _ 29 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 aux:pass _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 31 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 barring bar VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 32 acl _ _ 34 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 33 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 surname surname NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 issued issue VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl:relcl _ _ 41 by by ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 powerful powerful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 minister minister NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 judge judge NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 48 Yen Yen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 appos _ _ 49 Sung Sung PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **present** | past | Chi | Chi | | the hall | day | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 2 | **refuse** | past · passive | Chi *not said here* | a place | | | | among the aspirants for degrees and the only reason | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: place=Theme | | 3 | **give** | participle | the powerful minister and judge *not said here* | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **bar** | gerund | a order *not said here* | all of Chi's surname | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer all=Theme | | 5 | **issue** | gerund · perfect · passive | the powerful minister and judge | a order | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/10/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/10/33/) - ↑ back to [A Chinese Tea-house Story](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/10/)