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title: At last he declared in a rage that unless a poem that could be set t… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics
description: At last he declared in a rage that unless a poem that could be set to music and sung by the ladies of the palace should immediately be produced there would soon be fewer literary men in the country, and commanded his minister to see that his wishes were at once carried out. Who acts: Emperor. A sent
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# Gleanings from Chinese folklore, A Chinese Tea-house Story, sentence 5

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At last he declared in a rage that unless a poem that could be set to music and sung by the ladies of the palace should immediately be produced there would soon be fewer literary men in the country, and commanded his minister to see that his wishes were at once carried out.

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**Who acts:** Emperor · **What happens:** declare, set, sing, produce, be, command · **To what, where:** last, poem, fewer literary men, country, minister, wishes · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Gleanings from Chinese folklore» by Nellie Naomi Russell, A Chinese Tea-house Story. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Emperor), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg75089:10:5
# text = At last he declared in a rage that unless a poem that could be set to music and sung by the ladies of the palace should immediately be produced there would soon be fewer literary men in the country, and commanded his minister to see that his wishes were at once carried out.
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	last	last	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	declared	declare	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	rage	rage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	29	obj	_	_
9	unless	unless	SCONJ	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	poem	poem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl:relcl	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	sung	sing	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	conj	_	_
20	by	by	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	ladies	lady	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obl	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	_
26	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	29	aux	_	_
27	immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	29	advmod	_	_
28	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	29	aux:pass	_	_
29	produced	produce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl:relcl	_	_
30	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	29	advmod	_	_
31	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	36	aux	_	_
32	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	36	advmod	_	_
33	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	36	cop	_	_
34	fewer	few	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	36	amod	_	_
35	literary	literary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	amod	_	_
36	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
37	in	in	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
42	commanded	command	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
43	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	44	nmod:poss	_	_
44	minister	minister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obj	_	_
45	to	to	PART	TO	_	46	mark	_	_
46	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	42	advcl	_	_
47	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	53	mark	_	_
48	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	49	nmod:poss	_	_
49	wishes	wish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	53	nsubj:pass	_	_
50	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	53	aux:pass	_	_
51	at	at	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
52	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	53	obl	_	_
53	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	46	advcl	_	_
54	out	out	ADP	RP	_	53	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | Emperor |  |  | last |  | in a rage | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **set** | could · passive |  | a poem |  |  |  | to music | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result |
| 3 | **sing** *speech: express* | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by the ladies of the palace | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by lady=Location |
| 4 | **produce** | should · passive |  | a poem |  | there |  | a rage *obj*; immediately *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **is a** | would |  | fewer literary men |  | the country |  | soon *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **command** | past | Emperor *not said here* | Emperor's minister |  |  |  |  | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent minister=Eventuality |
| 7 | **see** | to-infinitive | Emperor *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 8 | **carry out** | past · passive |  | Emperor's wishes |  |  |  |  | vn act-114 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 9 | **wish** |  | Emperor |  |  |  |  |  | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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