--- title: After two hours Minister Sheep said, “He is dead,” and getting a ski… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: After two hours Minister Sheep said, “He is dead,” and getting a skimmer he felt around and brought out a nail, which changed to a man, saying, “Ah, I was asleep; having such a good rest. Who acts: Minister Sheep, Sun, nail. 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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 (Minister Sheep, Sun, nail), 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:pg75089:16:96 # text = After two hours Minister Sheep said, “He is dead,” and getting a skimmer he felt around and brought out a nail, which changed to a man, saying, “Ah, I was asleep; having such a good rest. 1 After after ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 4 Minister Minister PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 Sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ” " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 15 getting get VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 19 csubj _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 skimmer skimmer NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 20 around around ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 23 out out ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 nail nail NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 28 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 “ " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 40 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 40 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 43 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 46 det:predet _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Minister Sheep | | | | hour | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Sun | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **get** | gerund | | a skimmer | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer skimmer=Stimulus | | 4 | **feel around** | past | Sun | | | | | around *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **bring out** | past | Sun *not said here* | a nail | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent nail=Patient | | 6 | **change** | past | a nail | | | | | to a man *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Agent to man=Result | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | a nail *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | past | a nail *= nail* | | | | | asleep *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **have** *in a quote* | gerund | Sun *not said here* | such good rest | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/16/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/16/97/) - ↑ back to [T’ang Sung’s Journey to Get the Buddhist Classics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/16/)