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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 (Tu), 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:pg75089:17:19 # text = Mr. Tu had a son, who was married to the daughter of a well-known official who, on the murder of the father-in-law of his daughter, came forward and saved the family from the murderous hands of Yen Sung. 1 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod:desc _ _ 2 Tu Tu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl:relcl _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 15 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 amod _ _ 18 official official NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 19 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 murder murder NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 acl:relcl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 26 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 36 forward forward ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 saved save VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 from from ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 murderous murderous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 Yen Yen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 47 Sung Sung PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Tu Mr. | a son | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient | | 2 | **marry** | past · passive | | a son | | | | to the daughter of a known official on the murder a known official on the murder of the law of the law father of Tu's daughter | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to daughter=Co-Patient | | 3 | **know** | participle | | | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **come forward** | past | | | | | | forward *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **save** | past | | the family | | the murderous hands of Yen Sung | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent family=Theme from hand=Source | | 6 | **murder** | | | the law father of Tu's daughter | | | | | nom murder «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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/17/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/17/20/) - ↑ back to [A Story of Old China, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/17/)