--- title: When Jade was seventeen the young man she was engaged to marry died… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: When Jade was seventeen the young man she was engaged to marry died and she took the vow of “widowhood,” and also that she would help support the aged father and mother of her betrothed. Who acts: Jade, young man. 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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 (Jade, young man), 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:pg75089:15:30 # text = When Jade was seventeen the young man she was engaged to marry died and she took the vow of “widowhood,” and also that she would help support the aged father and mother of her betrothed. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 Jade Jade PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 seventeen seventeen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 obl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 engaged engage VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl:relcl _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 took take 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 vow vow NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 “ " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 widowhood widowhood NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ” " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 25 also also ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 30 support support VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 aged aged ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ _ 36 of of SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 betrothed betroth VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Jade | seventeen | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **engage** | past · passive | | Jade | | | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Theme clause=Attribute | | 3 | **marry** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **die** | past | the young man | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 5 | **take** | past | Jade | the vow of widowhood | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vow=Theme | | 6 | **help** | would | Jade | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **support** | infinitive | Jade *not said here* | the aged father and mother | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer father=Stimulus | | 8 | **betroth** | participle | | mother *not said here* | | | | Jade *nmod:poss* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **vow** | | | widowhood | | | | | nom vow «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/15/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/15/31/) - ↑ back to [A Daughter of the Present](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/15/)