--- title: With my life I will protect this treasure of my country, the pride o… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: With my life I will protect this treasure of my country, the pride of my Prince, and if any one attempts to take it from me I will dash it to the ground and destroy it first.” Who acts: I, one. 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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 (I, one), 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:pg75089:11:48 # text = With my life I will protect this treasure of my country, the pride of my Prince, and if any one attempts to take it from me I will dash it to the ground and destroy it first.” 1 With with ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 protect protect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 pride pride NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 20 if if SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 22 det _ _ 22 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 attempts attempt VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 from from ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 dash dash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 destroy destroy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **protect** | future | I | this treasure of my country and the pride of my Prince | | | | with my life | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treasure=Beneficiary | | 2 | **attempt** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | any one | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | any one *not said here* | pride | | | | from me | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent it=Theme from i=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **dash** | future | I | pride | | | | to the ground *result* | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent it=Patient to ground=Result | | 5 | **destroy** | infinitive | I *not said here* | pride | | | | first *property* | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 6 | **treasure** | | | my country | | | | | nom treasure «possession transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **pride** | | | my Prince | | | | | nom pride «feeling transitive»: of=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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/11/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/11/49/) - ↑ back to [The Jade Treasure](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/11/)