--- title: Together these two black-hearted men plotted against the life and ha… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: Together these two black-hearted men plotted against the life and happiness of the one little woman, who did not tell her student-husband of the experiences of the day, as she did not like to trouble him when his heart was so sad. Who acts: one little woman, woman, heart. 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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 (one little woman, woman, heart), 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:pg75089:17:44 # text = Together these two black-hearted men plotted against the life and happiness of the one little woman, who did not tell her student-husband of the experiences of the day, as she did not like to trouble him when his heart was so sad. 1 Together together ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 3 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 4 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 hearted hearted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 8 plotted plot VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 9 against against ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 happiness happiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 17 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 21 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 23 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 parataxis _ _ 24 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 25 student student NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 experiences experience NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 when when SCONJ WRB _ 48 mark _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 47 so so ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **plot** | participle | | this two hearted men *not said here* | | | | against the life and happiness of the one little woman | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the one little woman | | woman's student husband of the experiences of the day | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent husband=Recipient | | 3 | **not** **like** | past · do-support | woman | trouble husband | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot trouble=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | way's heart | | | | | sad *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **experience** | | | the day | | | | | nom experience «cognition 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/17/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/17/45/) - ↑ back to [A Story of Old China, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/17/)