--- title: Little Jade and her family knew it would do no good to appeal to the… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: Little Jade and her family knew it would do no good to appeal to the magistrate, as such raids were frequent, and nothing was done to prevent or punish; and all the family but the little daughter made up their minds that nothing could be done, and they must await whatever the gods had in store for t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/15/17/) [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/) / [A Daughter of the Present](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/15/) / 17 # Gleanings from Chinese folklore, A Daughter of the Present, sentence 17 Little Jade and her family knew it would do no good to appeal to the magistrate, as such raids were frequent, and nothing was done to prevent or punish; and all the family but the little daughter made up their minds that nothing could be done, and they must await whatever the gods had in store for them. **Who acts:** Little Jade, family, such raids, little daughter, minds, raids · **What happens:** know, do, appeal, be, prevent, punish · **To what, where:** good, nothing, minds, whatever, store · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Gleanings from Chinese folklore» by Nellie Naomi Russell, A Daughter of the Present. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Little Jade, family, such raids, little daughter), 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:pg75089:15:17 # text = Little Jade and her family knew it would do no good to appeal to the magistrate, as such raids were frequent, and nothing was done to prevent or punish; and all the family but the little daughter made up their minds that nothing could be done, and they must await whatever the gods had in store for them. 1 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 Jade Jade PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 6 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 10 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 11 det _ _ 11 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 obj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 appeal appeal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 magistrate magistrate NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 as as SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 raids raid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj _ _ 21 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 22 frequent frequent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 prevent prevent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 30 or or CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 punish punish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 36 det:predet _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 41 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 acl _ _ 42 up up ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ _ 43 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 minds mind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ _ 45 that that SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 46 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 49 nsubj:pass _ _ 47 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 48 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 49 aux:pass _ _ 49 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 52 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 53 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 await await VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 advcl _ _ 55 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 58 obj _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 nsubj _ _ 58 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 ccomp _ _ 59 in in ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 store store NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ _ 61 for for ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | Little Jade and Jade's family | | | | | all family but the little daughter *parataxis* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **do** | would | family | no good | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality | | 3 | **appeal** | to-infinitive | family *not said here* | | | | | to the magistrate | vn appeal-31.4-2 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to magistrate=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** | past | such raids | | | | | frequent *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **do** | past · passive | | nothing | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 6 | **prevent** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer | | 7 | **punish** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **make up** | participle | the little daughter *not said here* | raids's minds | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot | | 9 | **do** | could · passive | raids's minds *not said here* | nothing | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 10 | **await** | must | raids *= raid* | | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **have** | past | the gods | whatever | | store for raids | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whatever=Patient | | 12 | **mind** | | raids *= raid* | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/15/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/15/18/) - ↑ back to [A Daughter of the Present](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/15/)