--- title: Immediately a servant was sent to bring the jade and at the command… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: Immediately a servant was sent to bring the jade and at the command of the Prince handed it to the Minister of Chou, who, on feeling it once more in his hand, put it in his bosom and sprang to his feet. Who acts: servant, minister. 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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 (servant, minister), 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:pg75089:11:46 # text = Immediately a servant was sent to bring the jade and at the command of the Prince handed it to the Minister of Chou, who, on feeling it once more in his hand, put it in his bosom and sprang to his feet. 1 Immediately immediately ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 jade jade NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 command command NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 handed hand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Minister Minister PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Chou Chou PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 on on SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 28 feeling feel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 conj _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 31 advmod _ _ 31 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 28 advmod _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 bosom bosom NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 sprang spring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past · passive | | a servant | | | | immediately *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **bring** | to-infinitive | a servant *not said here* | the jade | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent jade=Theme | | 3 | **hand** | past | a servant *not said here* | jade | | the command of the Prince | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 4 | **feel** | gerund | | jade | | minister's hand | | to the Minister of Chou; who *nsubj* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in hand=Location | | 5 | **put** | infinitive | | jade | | minister's bosom | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in bosom=Destination | | 6 | **spring** | past | a servant *not said here* | | | minister's feet | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to foot=Destination | | 7 | **command** | | | the Prince | | | | | nom command «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **bosom** | | minister | | | | | | nom bosom «state transitive»: 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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/11/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/11/47/) - ↑ back to [The Jade Treasure](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/11/)