--- title: He himself did not live to secure it, but long years afterward one o… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: He himself did not live to secure it, but long years afterward one of his descendants overthrew the Kingdom of Chou and the much desired and long struggled for jade treasure, “The joy of the gods,” came to the Kingdom of Chin. Who acts: Prince, one, joy. 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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, one, joy), 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:pg75089:11:58 # text = He himself did not live to secure it, but long years afterward one of his descendants overthrew the Kingdom of Chou and the much desired and long struggled for jade treasure, “The joy of the gods,” came to the Kingdom of Chin. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 1 nmod:unmarked _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 secure secure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 11 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 13 afterward afterward ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nsubj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 descendants descendant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ _ 18 overthrew overthrow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Kingdom Kingdom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Chou Chou PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 much much ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 desired desire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 conj _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 conj _ _ 29 struggled struggle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 xcomp _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 jade jade ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 “ " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ” " PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ _ 42 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 Kingdom Kingdom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 Chin Chin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **live** | past · do-support | Prince | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **secure** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | jewel | | | | | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition it=Theme | | 3 | **overthrow** | past | one long years of Prince's descendants | the Kingdom of Chou | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **desire** | participle | one long years of Prince's descendants *not said here* | the joy | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **struggle** *not said to happen* | participle | one long years of Prince's descendants *not said here* | | | | | for jade treasure | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **come** | past | the joy *not said here* | | the Kingdom of Chin | | | of the gods | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme of god=Initial\_Location to kingdom=Destination | 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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/11/57/) - next →: [Chinese Heroism, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/12/1/) - ↑ back to [The Jade Treasure](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/11/)