--- title: In his despair he called his most trusted minister, Lui Hsiang Jui,… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: In his despair he called his most trusted minister, Lui Hsiang Jui, who, after hearing the demand, said, “My great and mighty Prince, do not be troubled or anxious; let me take the treasure to the Prince of Chin. Who acts: Chou, Lui. 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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 (Chou, Lui), 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:pg75089:11:33 # text = In his despair he called his most trusted minister, Lui Hsiang Jui, who, after hearing the demand, said, “My great and mighty Prince, do not be troubled or anxious; let me take the treasure to the Prince of Chin. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 despair despair NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 7 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 8 advmod _ _ 8 trusted trust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 amod _ _ 9 minister minister NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 11 Lui Lui PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 12 Hsiang Hsiang PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 flat _ _ 13 Jui Jui PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 after after SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 18 hearing hear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 conj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 demand demand NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 22 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 24 “ " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 26 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 conj _ _ 29 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 cop _ _ 34 troubled troubled ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 parataxis _ _ 35 or or CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 anxious anxious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 38 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 ccomp _ _ 39 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 Chin Chin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | past | Chou | Chou's trusted minister | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent despair=Recipient | | 2 | **trust** | participle | | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **hear** | gerund | Lui | the demand | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer demand=Stimulus | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Lui | | | Chou's despair | | My great Prince *ccomp* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | | | | | | troubled *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **be** *in a quote* | | | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | Lui | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | Lui *not said here* | the treasure | the Prince of Chin | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent treasure=Theme to prince=Destination | | 9 | **despair** | | Chou | | | | | | nom despair «state intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/11/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/11/34/) - ↑ back to [The Jade Treasure](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/11/)