--- title: After going a few miles he met a holy man who said, “If he does not… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: After going a few miles he met a holy man who said, “If he does not mind you I will tell you something to say to him which will make his head ache, and he will go quietly with you.” Who acts: monkey, holy 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 (monkey, holy 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:pg75089:16:11 # text = After going a few miles he met a holy man who said, “If he does not mind you I will tell you something to say to him which will make his head ache, and he will go quietly with you.” 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 If if SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 19 mind mind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 iobj _ _ 25 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 23 obj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 acl _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ _ 30 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 31 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 34 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 35 ache ache NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 41 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | gerund | monkey *not said here* | a few miles | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location mile=Theme | | 2 | **meet** | past | monkey | a holy man | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Co-Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a holy man | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **not** **mind** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present · do-support | monkey | you | | | | | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | future | a holy man *= man* | something | you | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | a holy man *= man* *not said here* | something *not said here* | monkey | | | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient whether/if S»: agent=Pivot to he=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 7 | **make** *in a quote* | future | | monkey's head ache | | | | which *nsubj* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset ache=Product | | 8 | **go** *in a quote* | future | monkey | | | | | with you; quietly *property* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with you=Beneficiary | | 9 | **ache** *in a quote* | | monkey | | | | | | nom ache «state intransitive»: 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/16/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/16/12/) - ↑ back to [T’ang Sung’s Journey to Get the Buddhist Classics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/16/)