--- title: With that he seized the girl, who immediately struck him, and then,… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: With that he seized the girl, who immediately struck him, and then, with the help of the boy, fought a terrible battle and injured him so that he fled, leaving two great fins on the floor. Who acts: door, girl. 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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 (door, girl), 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:pg75089:16:45 # text = With that he seized the girl, who immediately struck him, and then, with the help of the boy, fought a terrible battle and injured him so that he fled, leaving two great fins on the floor. 1 With with ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obl _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 9 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 14 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 23 fought fight VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 injured injure VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 33 mark _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 fixed _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 fled flee VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 36 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 nummod _ _ 37 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 fins fin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seize** | past | door | the girl | | | | with that | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Theme | | 2 | **strike** | past | the girl | door | | | | immediately *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Instrument | | 3 | **fight** | past | door *not said here* | a terrible battle | | | then | with the help of the boy | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battle=Co-Agent | | 4 | **injure** | past | door *not said here* | door | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **flee** | past | door | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **leave** | gerund | door *not said here* | two great fins | | the floor | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent fin=Theme on floor=Location | | 7 | **help** | | | the boy | | | | | nom help «act 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/16/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/16/46/) - ↑ back to [T’ang Sung’s Journey to Get the Buddhist Classics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/16/)