--- title: On the fourth day they started on, and when they got to the middle o… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: On the fourth day they started on, and when they got to the middle of the river the ice broke and all went into the water except the monkey, who gave a great jump and landed on the top of a high mountain. Who acts: companions, ice, monkey. 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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 (companions, ice, monkey), 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:pg75089:16:50 # text = On the fourth day they started on, and when they got to the middle of the river the ice broke and all went into the water except the monkey, who gave a great jump and landed on the top of a high mountain. 1 On on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 fourth fourth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 amod _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 on on ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 24 advmod _ _ 24 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 25 into into ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 except except ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 monkey monkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 33 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 jump jump NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 landed land VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 conj _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start on** | past | companions *= companion* | | | | day | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **get** | past | companions *= companion* | | | | | to the middle of the river *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to middle=Result | | 3 | **break** | past | the ice | the river *not said here* | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer river=Patient | | 4 | **go** | past | companions *= companion* *not said here* | | | the water | | except the monkey | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into water=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **give** | past | the monkey | a great jump | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jump=Theme | | 6 | **land** | participle | the monkey *not said here* | | | the top of a high mountain | | | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on top=Destination | 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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/16/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/16/51/) - ↑ back to [T’ang Sung’s Journey to Get the Buddhist Classics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/16/)