--- title: Months after the man was again carried to the palace gate; here he p… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: Months after the man was again carried to the palace gate; here he pleaded so pitifully that the first workman in the kingdom be called, saying, “If he says it is not good you may have my life.” Who acts: man, gate, 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, gate, 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:pg75089:11:17 # text = Months after the man was again carried to the palace gate; here he pleaded so pitifully that the first workman in the kingdom be called, saying, “If he says it is not good you may have my life.” 1 Months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 after after ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 6 again again ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 13 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 pleaded plead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 16 so so ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 pitifully pitifully ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 21 amod _ _ 21 workman workman NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 30 “ " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 If if SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 ccomp _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 ccomp _ _ 41 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | past · passive | | Months after the man | | the palace gate | again | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to gate=Destination | | 2 | **plead** *speech: request* | past | man | | | here | | pitifully *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **call** | infinitive · passive | | the first workman in the kingdom | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | man *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | man | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | gate | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **have** *in a quote* | may | you | my life | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Patient | 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/11/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/11/18/) - ↑ back to [The Jade Treasure](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/11/)