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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 (all, Sun), 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:pg75089:16:95 # text = So all was ready and Sun Hou got in; before getting in he repeated a charm to the dragon, who came and changed him into a nail and kept the oil in the bottom of the kettle cold while it boiled on top. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 Hou Hou PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 flat _ _ 8 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 in in ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 before before SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 13 in in SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 repeated repeat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 charm charm NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 23 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 into into ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 nail nail NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 oil oil NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 kettle kettle NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 xcomp _ _ 41 while while SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 boiled boil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 advcl _ _ 44 on on ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | all | | | | | ready *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **get in** | past | Sun | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **get** | gerund | Sun *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **repeat** | past | Sun | a charm | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charm=Eventuality | | 5 | **come** | past | | | | | | to the dragon; who *nsubj* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to dragon=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **change** | past | | Sun | | | | into a nail *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent he=Patient into nail=Result | | 7 | **keep** | past | | the oil | | the bottom of the kettle | | cold *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent oil=Theme in bottom=Location | | 8 | **boil** | participle · passive | | oil | | | | on top | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient on top=Instrument | 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 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/16/94/) - next →: [sentence 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/16/96/) - ↑ back to [T’ang Sung’s Journey to Get the Buddhist Classics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/16/)