--- title: The experiences of the brave messengers have been given to the world… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: The experiences of the brave messengers have been given to the world; and the story of the rescue party, headed by Dr. Morrison of the London Times, by which several hundred Catholic Christians were saved, has also stirred the hearts of many. A sentence of «Gleanings from Chinese folklore» by Nellie --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/12/7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Gleanings from Chinese folklore](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/) / [Chinese Heroism](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/12/) / 7 # Gleanings from Chinese folklore, Chinese Heroism, sentence 7 The experiences of the brave messengers have been given to the world; and the story of the rescue party, headed by Dr. Morrison of the London Times, by which several hundred Catholic Christians were saved, has also stirred the hearts of many. **What happens:** give, head, save, stir, experience · **To what, where:** experiences, world, story, several hundred Catholic Christians, hearts, brave messengers 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: 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:pg75089:12:7 # text = The experiences of the brave messengers have been given to the world; and the story of the rescue party, headed by Dr. Morrison of the London Times, by which several hundred Catholic Christians were saved, has also stirred the hearts of many. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 experiences experience NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 messengers messenger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 7 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 parataxis _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 rescue rescue NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 headed head VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl _ _ 23 by by ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 Dr. Dr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod:desc _ _ 25 Morrison Morrison PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obl:agent _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 London London PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 Times Times PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 31 by by ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 obl _ _ 33 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 34 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 nummod _ _ 35 Catholic Catholic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 Christians Christian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 38 nsubj _ _ 37 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 saved save VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 also also ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 stirred stir VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 conj _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 hearts heart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · perfect · passive | | the experiences of the brave messengers | the world | | | the story of the rescue party *parataxis* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to world=Recipient | | 2 | **head** | participle | | the story of the rescue party *not said here* | | | | Morrison Dr. of the London Times *obl:agent* | vn conduct-111.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **save** | past · passive | | several hundred Catholic Christians | | | | which *obl* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **stir** | present · perfect | | the hearts of many | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus heart=Experiencer | | 5 | **experience** | | | the brave messengers | | | | | nom experience «cognition 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/12/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/12/8/) - ↑ back to [Chinese Heroism](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/12/)