--- title: At last the robber captain could endure it no longer, and after one… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: At last the robber captain could endure it no longer, and after one final effort to drive her away, he commanded that Mr. Lee be set free, and that he and his little daughter be escorted beyond the hill region by the robber band. Who acts: robber captain, wail, Lee, robber band. 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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 (robber captain, wail, Lee, robber band), 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:pg75089:15:28 # text = At last the robber captain could endure it no longer, and after one final effort to drive her away, he commanded that Mr. Lee be set free, and that he and his little daughter be escorted beyond the hill region by the robber band. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 obl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 robber robber NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 captain captain NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 endure endure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 no no ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 after after ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 15 final final ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 effort effort NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 parataxis _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 drive drive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 acl _ _ 19 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 away away ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 25 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod:desc _ _ 26 Lee Lee PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 cop _ _ 28 set set ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 36 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 escorted escort VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 conj _ _ 40 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 region region NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 44 by by ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 robber robber NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 47 band band NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **endure** | could | the robber captain | face | | last | | one final effort *parataxis*; long *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Circumstance | | 2 | **drive away** | to-infinitive | the robber captain *not said here* | captain | | | | away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 3 | **command** | past | wail | | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | infinitive | Lee Mr. | | | | | free *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **escort** | infinitive · passive | the robber band | wail | | the hill region | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme beyond region=Destination | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/15/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/15/29/) - ↑ back to [A Daughter of the Present](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/15/)