--- title: At the feast nothing was said of the cities, though he inquired abou… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: At the feast nothing was said of the cities, though he inquired about them, and at last he pointedly asked, “Prince of the Great Chin, do you know what it is in the jade that makes it the most beautiful the gods have made?” Who acts: minister, you, jade. 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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 (minister, you, jade), 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:pg75089:11:43 # text = At the feast nothing was said of the cities, though he inquired about them, and at last he pointedly asked, “Prince of the Great Chin, do you know what it is in the jade that makes it the most beautiful the gods have made?” 1 At at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 6 obl _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 cities city NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 though though SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 inquired inquire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 14 about about ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 last last NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 pointedly pointedly ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 “ " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 Great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 Chin Chin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 31 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 34 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 39 nsubj _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 36 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 jade jade NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 ccomp _ _ 40 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 41 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 45 advmod _ _ 45 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 xcomp _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nsubj:pass _ _ 48 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ? ? PUNCT . _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | | | nothing | | of the cities | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S» | | 2 | **inquire** *speech: other* | past | minister | | | | | about residents *= resident* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.topic whether S»: agent=Agent about they=Topic | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | minister | Prince of the Great Chin | | | | pointedly *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent last=Recipient | | 4 | **know** *in a quote* | present · do-support | you | | | last | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | the jade | | what *nsubj*; last *nsubj* | tree rules | | 6 | **make** *in a quote* | present | the jade | last | | | | beautiful *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product | | 7 | **make** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | the gods | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/11/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/11/44/) - ↑ back to [The Jade Treasure](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/11/)