--- title: The Prince of Chin was terribly angry and commanded that the ministe… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: The Prince of Chin was terribly angry and commanded that the minister be killed; then, for fear of the Prince of Chou, he allowed him to depart to his home and country, hoping that the fortunes of war would bring the desired jewel into his possession. Who acts: Prince, fortunes. 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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 (Prince, fortunes), 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:pg75089:11:57 # text = The Prince of Chin was terribly angry and commanded that the minister be killed; then, for fear of the Prince of Chou, he allowed him to depart to his home and country, hoping that the fortunes of war would bring the desired jewel into his possession. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Chin Chin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 terribly terribly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 minister minister NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 16 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 Chou Chou PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 allowed allow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 iobj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 depart depart VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 hoping hope VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 fortunes fortune NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 43 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 ccomp _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 desired desire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 amod _ _ 47 jewel jewel NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 48 into into ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 possession possession NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the Prince of Chin | | | | | angry, terribly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **command** | past | the Prince of Chin *not said here* | | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **kill** | infinitive · passive | | the minister | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **allow** | past | Prince | | minister | | then | for fear of the Prince of Chou | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer he=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **depart** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | | | Prince's home and country | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to home=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **hope** | gerund | Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **bring** | would | the fortunes of war | the desired jewel | | Prince's possession | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent jewel=Theme into possession=Destination | | 8 | **desire** | participle | | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 9 | **fear** | | | the Prince of Chou | | | | | nom fear «feeling transitive»: of=patient | | 10 | **possess** | | Prince | | | | | | nom possession «act 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/11/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/11/58/) - ↑ back to [The Jade Treasure](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/11/)