--- title: When the day set to take him away came, she went with her woman to t… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: When the day set to take him away came, she went with her woman to the place arranged, and then waited, with sad and heavy heart, for the cart which was to bring her husband for a short talk and then take him away from her forever. Who acts: day set, news, place, cart. 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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 (day set, news, place, cart), 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:pg75089:17:81 # text = When the day set to take him away came, she went with her woman to the place arranged, and then waited, with sad and heavy heart, for the cart which was to bring her husband for a short talk and then take him away from her forever. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 set set NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 acl _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 away away ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 9 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 to to SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 arranged arrange VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 23 advmod _ _ 23 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 26 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 conj _ _ 29 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 cart cart NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 34 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 acl:relcl _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 talk talk NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 46 advmod _ _ 46 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 47 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 away away ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 49 from from ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ _ 51 forever forever ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take away** | to-infinitive | the day set *not said here* | set | | | | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **come** | past | the day set | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **go** | past | news | | | | | with news's woman | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with woman=Beneficiary | | 4 | **arrange** | past | the place | | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **wait** | past | news *not said here* | | | | then | for the cart; sad heart *conj* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | the cart | | | | | for a short talk; news's husband *obj*; bring *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **take away** | infinitive | the cart *not said here* | set | | | then | from news; away, forever *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Theme from she=Initial\_Location | 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/17/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/17/82/) - ↑ back to [A Story of Old China, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/17/)