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title: The world will never tire of reading of the charges made to capture… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics
description: The world will never tire of reading of the charges made to capture cannon that were sending their shells into the British Legation, and of the bravery of the Japanese who held the Prince’s palace through fire, shot, and shell: Only twenty-five in number when they entered the city, by August 14th on
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# Gleanings from Chinese folklore, Chinese Heroism, sentence 3

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The world will never tire of reading of the charges made to capture cannon that were sending their shells into the British Legation, and of the bravery of the Japanese who held the Prince’s palace through fire, shot, and shell: Only twenty-five in number when they entered the city, by August 14th only three had not been killed or wounded.

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**Who acts:** world, charges, cannon, bravery, foreigners · **What happens:** not tire, make, capture, send, hold, enter · **To what, where:** shell, charges, cannon, shells, British Legation, palace

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This is a sentence of «Gleanings from Chinese folklore» by Nellie Naomi Russell, Chinese Heroism. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (world, charges, cannon, bravery), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg75089:12:3
# text = The world will never tire of reading of the charges made to capture cannon that were sending their shells into the British Legation, and of the bravery of the Japanese who held the Prince’s palace through fire, shot, and shell: Only twenty-five in number when they entered the city, by August 14th only three had not been killed or wounded.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	tire	tire	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	reading	reading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	charges	charge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
11	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	capture	capture	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	cannon	cannon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
15	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj	_	_
16	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	sending	send	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	acl:relcl	_	_
18	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	shells	shell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obj	_	_
20	into	into	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	Legation	Legation	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	bravery	bravery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	Japanese	Japanese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	nmod	_	_
32	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	33	nsubj	_	_
33	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	acl:relcl	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	’s	's	PART	POS	_	35	case	_	_
37	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obj	_	_
38	through	through	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
39	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
41	shot	shot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
44	shell	shell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	49	punct	_	_
46	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	49	advmod	_	_
47	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	49	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	47	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	parataxis	_	_
50	in	in	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
51	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	nmod	_	_
52	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	54	advmod	_	_
53	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	54	nsubj	_	_
54	entered	enter	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	49	advcl	_	_
55	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
56	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	60	punct	_	_
58	by	by	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
59	August	August	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	60	compound	_	_
60	14th	14th	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	obl	_	_
61	only	only	ADV	RB	_	62	advmod	_	_
62	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	66	nsubj:pass	_	_
63	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	66	aux	_	_
64	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	66	advmod	_	_
65	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	66	aux:pass	_	_
66	killed	kill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	54	parataxis	_	_
67	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	68	cc	_	_
68	wounded	wound	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	66	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **tire** | future | the world | shell |  |  |  | of reading of the charges; the bravery of the Japanese *parataxis*; twenty five in number *parataxis* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **make** | participle |  | the charges *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **capture** | to-infinitive | the charges *not said here* | cannon |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cannon=Theme |
| 4 | **send** | past · progressive | cannon | foreigners's shells |  | the British Legation |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shell=Theme |
| 5 | **hold** | past | the bravery of the Japanese | the Prince's palace |  | fire and shot |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent palace=Theme through fire=Location |
| 6 | **enter** | past | foreigners *= foreigner* | the city |  |  |  | by August 14th | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme city=Destination |
| 7 | **not** **kill** | past · perfect · passive |  | three |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 8 | **wound** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 9 | **read** |  |  | the charges |  |  |  |  | nom reading «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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.

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