--- title: Many years ago this cave was mine, but the river-demons took it, and… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: Many years ago this cave was mine, but the river-demons took it, and now, to show my thanks, if you will all get on my back I will carry you over the river.” Who acts: cave, river demons, you, I. 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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 (cave, river demons, you, I), 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:pg75089:16:66 # text = Many years ago this cave was mine, but the river-demons took it, and now, to show my thanks, if you will all get on my back I will carry you over the river.” 1 Many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 ago ago ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 4 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 5 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 mine my PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 demons demon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 14 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 show show VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 22 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 thanks thanks NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 if if SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 all all ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 parataxis _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 parataxis _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 over over ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ” " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | this cave | mine | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **take** | past | the river demons | head | | | | ago *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 3 | **show** | to-infinitive | | my thanks | | | now | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent thanks=Recipient | | 4 | **get** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | you | | | my back | | all *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on back=Source | | 5 | **carry** | future | I | you | | the river | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | 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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/16/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/16/67/) - ↑ back to [T’ang Sung’s Journey to Get the Buddhist Classics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/16/)