--- title: “Yes,” chimed in the neighbour, “I had to go too that winter, and yo… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: “Yes,” chimed in the neighbour, “I had to go too that winter, and your Wen Jung (Literary Glory) was so modest and ladylike, never pushing or crowding, that the official asked who she was and gave her more grain.” Who acts: official, Wen. 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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 (official, Wen), 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:pg75089:13:41 # text = “Yes,” chimed in the neighbour, “I had to go too that winter, and your Wen Jung (Literary Glory) was so modest and ladylike, never pushing or crowding, that the official asked who she was and gave her more grain.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 chimed chime VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 neighbour neighbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 too too ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 det _ _ 17 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 20 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 Wen Wen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 22 Jung Jung PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 flat _ _ 23 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 Literary Literary PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 appos _ _ 25 Glory Glory PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 24 punct _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 modest modest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 parataxis _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 ladylike ladylike ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 pushing push VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 conj _ _ 35 or or CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 crowding crowd VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 official official NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 41 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 42 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 46 nsubj _ _ 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 ccomp _ _ 47 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 iobj _ _ 48 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 49 amod _ _ 49 grain grain NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chime** | participle | | | | the neighbour | | | tree rules | | 2 | **have** *in a quote* | past | the official *= official* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the official *= official* *not said here* | | | | winter | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | past | your Wen | | | | | modest *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **be** *in a quote* | | your Wen *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **push** *in a quote* | gerund | your Wen *not said here* | | | | | | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **crowd** *in a quote* | gerund | your Wen *not said here* | | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | past | the official | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **is** *in a quote* | past | | | official | | | who *nsubj*; more grain *obj*; give *property* | tree rules | 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/13/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/13/42/) - ↑ back to [Literary Glory](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/13/)