--- title: He gave a great jump and saw they were not far from a village; he he… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: He gave a great jump and saw they were not far from a village; he heard a great noise which frightened him; he gave another jump and saw the village was on the bank of a great river eight hundred yards wide. Who acts: monkey, demons, great noise, village. 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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, demons, great noise, village), 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:pg75089:16:21 # text = He gave a great jump and saw they were not far from a village; he heard a great noise which frightened him; he gave another jump and saw the village was on the bank of a great river eight hundred yards wide. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 jump jump NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 12 from from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 22 frightened frighten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 27 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 28 det _ _ 28 jump jump NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 34 on on ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 bank bank NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 ccomp _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 41 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 42 compound _ _ 42 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 43 nummod _ _ 43 yards yard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl:unmarked _ _ 44 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | monkey | a great jump | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jump=Theme | | 2 | **see** | past | monkey *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **not** **is** | past | demons *= demon* | | | a village | | far *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **hear** | past | monkey | a great noise | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer noise=Stimulus | | 5 | **frighten** | past | a great noise | monkey | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 6 | **give** | past | monkey | another jump | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jump=Theme | | 7 | **see** | past | monkey *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **is** | past | the village | | | the bank | | of a great river | tree rules | 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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/16/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/16/22/) - ↑ back to [T’ang Sung’s Journey to Get the Buddhist Classics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/16/)