--- title: When he came to the court where the Minister of Chou was confined, h… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: When he came to the court where the Minister of Chou was confined, he managed to communicate with him and let him know that he was a countryman of his and would take the treasure home. Who acts: stranger. 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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 (stranger), 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:pg75089:11:52 # text = When he came to the court where the Minister of Chou was confined, he managed to communicate with him and let him know that he was a countryman of his and would take the treasure home. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 13 advmod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Minister Minister PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Chou Chou PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 confined confine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 managed manage VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 communicate communicate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 countryman countryman NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 ccomp _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 home home ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | stranger | | | the court | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to court=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **confine** | past · passive | | the Minister of Chou | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **manage** | past | stranger | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **communicate** | to-infinitive | stranger *not said here* | | | | | with stranger | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme whether S»: agent=Agent with he=Co-Agent | | 5 | **let** | infinitive | stranger *not said here* | stranger | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **know** | infinitive | stranger *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is a** | past | stranger | stranger's countryman | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **take** | would | stranger *not said here* | the treasure | | | | home *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treasure=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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/11/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/11/53/) - ↑ back to [The Jade Treasure](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/11/)