--- title: Again the mother-in-law said, “When I saw how she endured the hardsh… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: Again the mother-in-law said, “When I saw how she endured the hardships, always so strong and true, I knew it must be her religion, for I too have been a daughter-in-law. Who acts: mother, law. 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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 (mother, law), 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:pg75089:13:42 # text = Again the mother-in-law said, “When I saw how she endured the hardships, always so strong and true, I knew it must be her religion, for I too have been a daughter-in-law. 1 Again again ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 14 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 endured endure VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 hardships hardship NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 22 advmod _ _ 21 so so ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 29 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 cop _ _ 31 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 religion religion NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 36 too too ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 37 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 38 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 44 cop _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 40 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the mother in law | | | | again | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **see** *in a quote* | past | the mother in law *= mother* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **endure** *in a quote* | past | mother | the hardships | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hardship=Circumstance | | 4 | **know** *in a quote* | past | the mother in law *= mother* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | must | law | mother's religion | | | | mother *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the mother in law *= mother* | | | | | for a law; daughter *nsubj* | 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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/13/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/13/43/) - ↑ back to [Literary Glory](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/13/)