--- title: Sun Hou called to him to make a hole with his horn; this he did, but… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: Sun Hou called to him to make a hole with his horn; this he did, but when he pulled out his horn the hole closed up; again he did it, and Sun Hou changed into a mustard seed and was pulled out by the cow. Who acts: Sun, this, cow. 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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 (Sun, this, cow), 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:pg75089:16:124 # text = Sun Hou called to him to make a hole with his horn; this he did, but when he pulled out his horn the hole closed up; again he did it, and Sun Hou changed into a mustard seed and was pulled out by the cow. 1 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 Hou Hou PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 horn horn NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 14 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 nsubj _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 pulled pull VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 22 out out ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 horn horn NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 closed close VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 acl _ _ 28 up up ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 30 again again ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 37 Hou Hou PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 flat _ _ 38 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 39 into into ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 mustard mustard NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 seed seed NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 pulled pull VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 conj _ _ 46 out out ADP RP _ 45 compound:prt _ _ 47 by by ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** *speech: assert* | past | Sun | | Buddha | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | Sun *not said here* | a hole | | | | with Sun's horn | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset hole=Product | | 3 | **do** | past | this | | | | | Sun *nsubj* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **pull out** | past | Sun | Sun's horn the hole | | | | | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **close up** | participle | | the hole *not said here* | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **do** | past | Sun | hole | | | again | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 7 | **change** | past | Sun | | | | | into a mustard seed *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into seed=Result | | 8 | **pull out** | past · passive | the cow | | | | | | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=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 123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/16/123/) - next →: [sentence 125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/16/125/) - ↑ back to [T’ang Sung’s Journey to Get the Buddhist Classics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/16/)