--- title: He answered gravely, “You shall see me sit on the bench and rise in… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: He answered gravely, “You shall see me sit on the bench and rise in the air,” and before she realized what had befallen her, he was rising into space and was soon beyond her sight. Who acts: teacher, You, wife. 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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, You, wife), 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:pg75089:10:90 # text = He answered gravely, “You shall see me sit on the bench and rise in the air,” and before she realized what had befallen her, he was rising into space and was soon beyond her sight. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 gravely gravely ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 “ " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 9 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 bench bench NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 rise rise VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ” " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 22 before before SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 realized realize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 25 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 befallen befall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 ccomp _ _ 28 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 rising rise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 conj _ _ 33 into into ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 space space NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 37 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 40 advmod _ _ 38 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | teacher | | | | | gravely *property* | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **see** *in a quote* | shall | You | teacher | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **sit** *in a quote* | infinitive | teacher *not said here* | | | the bench | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on bench=Location | | 4 | **rise** *in a quote* | present | You *not said here* | | | the air | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in air=Location | | 5 | **realize** | past | wife | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **befall** | past · perfect · passive | | wife | | | | what *nsubj:pass* | tree rules | | 7 | **rise** | past · progressive | teacher | | | space | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into space=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **is** | past | You *not said here* | | | | | beyond wife's sight; wife *nmod:poss*; soon *property* | 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 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/10/89/) - next →: [sentence 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/10/91/) - ↑ back to [A Chinese Tea-house Story](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/10/)