--- title: Soon the fame of this wonderful treasure spread over “all the earth”… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: Soon the fame of this wonderful treasure spread over “all the earth”; songs were composed about it; wonderful stories grew up around it until every king who heard of it was filled with envy and sought, by fair or foul means, to possess it. Who acts: fame, wonderful stories, king, fair. 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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 (fame, wonderful stories, king, fair), 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:pg75089:11:29 # text = Soon the fame of this wonderful treasure spread over “all the earth”; songs were composed about it; wonderful stories grew up around it until every king who heard of it was filled with envy and sought, by fair or foul means, to possess it. 1 Soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 fame fame NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 6 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 8 spread spread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 over over ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 13 det:predet _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ” " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 songs song NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 composed compose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 19 about about ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 22 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 24 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 25 up up ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 26 around around ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ _ 28 until until SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 29 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 30 det _ _ 30 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 31 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 32 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 advcl _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 envy envy NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 sought seek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 by by SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 43 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 nsubj _ _ 44 or or CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 foul foul ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 conj _ _ 46 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 possess possess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 conj _ _ 50 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spread** | past | the fame of this wonderful treasure | | | all earth | | soon *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over earth=Location | | 2 | **compose** | past · passive | | songs | | | | about fame | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | | 3 | **grow up** | past | wonderful stories | | | fame | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around it=Location | | 4 | **hear** | past | every king | | | | | of fame | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of it=Stimulus | | 5 | **fill** | past · passive | | every king | | | | with envy | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with envy=Instrument | | 6 | **seek** | past | | | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **mean** | present | fair | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **possess** | to-infinitive | fair *not said here* | fame | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/11/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/11/30/) - ↑ back to [The Jade Treasure](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/11/)