--- title: The brave deed to which the writer calls attention is known to but f… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: The brave deed to which the writer calls attention is known to but few, will probably never be recorded in song or story, and yet it took the truest courage, and reveals as true heroism as was ever heralded abroad. Who acts: writer, it. A sentence of «Gleanings from Chinese folklore» by Nellie Naomi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/12/8/) [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/) / 8 # Gleanings from Chinese folklore, Chinese Heroism, sentence 8 The brave deed to which the writer calls attention is known to but few, will probably never be recorded in song or story, and yet it took the truest courage, and reveals as true heroism as was ever heralded abroad. **Who acts:** writer, it · **What happens:** call, know, not record, take, reveal, herald · **To what, where:** attention, brave deed, song, truest courage · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (writer, it), 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:pg75089:12:8 # text = The brave deed to which the writer calls attention is known to but few, will probably never be recorded in song or story, and yet it took the truest courage, and reveals as true heroism as was ever heralded abroad. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 deed deed NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 obl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 writer writer NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 calls call VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 9 attention attention NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 11 obl _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 17 probably probably ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 18 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 19 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 recorded record VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 23 or or CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 yet yet ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 truest true ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 32 amod _ _ 32 courage courage NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 reveals reveal VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 parataxis _ _ 36 as as ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 heroism heroism NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 as as SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux:pass _ _ 41 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 42 advmod _ _ 42 heralded herald VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 advcl _ _ 43 abroad abroad ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | present | the writer | attention | the brave deed | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent attention=Topic to which=Recipient | | 2 | **know** | present · passive | | the brave deed | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | | 3 | **not** **record** | future · passive | | | | song or story | | probably *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: in song=Destination | | 4 | **take** | past | it | the truest courage | | | yet | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent courage=Theme | | 5 | **reveal** | present | | | | | | as true heroism | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent as heroism=Attribute | | 6 | **herald** | past · passive | | | | | ever | abroad *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP» | 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/12/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/12/9/) - ↑ back to [Chinese Heroism](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/12/)