--- title: Mr. Kao always went early to the “Hall of the Classics,” and that mo… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: Mr. Kao always went early to the “Hall of the Classics,” and that morning when he opened the gate the dead body fell into Kao’s court; Nien Chi and soldiers were waiting just around the corner for this moment, and immediately, before Mr. Kao had taken in the situation, they had seized him and thrown --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/17/73/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Gleanings from Chinese folklore](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/) / [A Story of Old China, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/17/) / 73 # Gleanings from Chinese folklore, A Story of Old China, part 1, sentence 73 Mr. Kao always went early to the “Hall of the Classics,” and that morning when he opened the gate the dead body fell into Kao’s court; Nien Chi and soldiers were waiting just around the corner for this moment, and immediately, before Mr. Kao had taken in the situation, they had seized him and thrown him into prison, on charge of killing one of the great Sung’s servants. **Who acts:** Mr., dead body, Nien, Kao, charge · **What happens:** go, open, fall, wait, take, seize · **To what, where:** Hall, gate, court, corner, situation, soldiers This is a sentence of «Gleanings from Chinese folklore» by Nellie Naomi Russell, A Story of Old China, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Mr., dead body, Nien, Kao), 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:pg75089:17:73 # text = Mr. Kao always went early to the “Hall of the Classics,” and that morning when he opened the gate the dead body fell into Kao’s court; Nien Chi and soldiers were waiting just around the corner for this moment, and immediately, before Mr. Kao had taken in the situation, they had seized him and thrown him into prison, on charge of killing one of the great Sung’s servants. 1 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 Kao Kao PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 “ " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Hall Hall PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Classics classic NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ” " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 det _ _ 17 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 18 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 27 into into ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 Kao Kao PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ’s 's PART POS _ 28 case _ _ 30 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 Nien Nien PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 33 Chi Chi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 flat _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 soldiers soldier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 conj _ _ 36 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 38 just just ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 39 around around ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 44 det _ _ 44 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 49 before before SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 50 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nmod:desc _ _ 51 Kao Kao PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 52 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 54 in in ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 situation situation NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 58 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj:pass _ _ 59 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 60 seized seize VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 53 conj _ _ 61 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 obj _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 63 thrown throw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 60 conj _ _ 64 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 obj _ _ 65 into into ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 66 prison prison NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 68 on on ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 charge charge NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 parataxis _ _ 70 of of SCONJ IN _ 71 mark _ _ 71 killing kill VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 69 acl _ _ 72 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 71 obj _ _ 73 of of ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 74 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 75 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 76 amod _ _ 76 Sung Sung PROPN NNP Number=Sing 78 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 77 ’s 's PART POS _ 76 case _ _ 78 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 72 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 79 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Mr. | | | the Hall of the Classics and that morning | | always, early, immediately *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to hall=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **open** | past | Mr. | the gate | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location gate=Theme | | 3 | **fall** | past | the dead body | | | | | into Kao's court *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into court=Result | | 4 | **wait** | past · progressive | Nien and soldiers | | | the corner | moment | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around corner=Location | | 5 | **take** | past · perfect | Kao Mr. | | | the situation | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in situation=Location | | 6 | **seize** | past · perfect · passive | | soldiers *= soldier* | | | | Kao *obj* | tree rules | | 7 | **throw** | participle | | Kao | | | | into prison *result*; charge *parataxis* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer he=Theme into prison=Result | | 8 | **kill** | gerund | charge *not said here* | one of the great Sung's servants | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/17/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/17/74/) - ↑ back to [A Story of Old China, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/17/)