--- title: Mr. Tu was much overcome; the temptation to a life of luxury after h… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: Mr. Tu was much overcome; the temptation to a life of luxury after his suffering had been too great, and after his marriage to the beautiful daughter of the “House of Hu” he did not dare to tell of the brave, true-hearted wife and mother in the city of Peking. Who acts: temptation, Tu. 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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 (temptation, 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:pg75089:18:103 # text = Mr. Tu was much overcome; the temptation to a life of luxury after his suffering had been too great, and after his marriage to the beautiful daughter of the “House of Hu” he did not dare to tell of the brave, true-hearted wife and mother in the city of Peking. 1 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod:desc _ _ 2 Tu Tu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 much much ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 overcome overcome VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 temptation temptation NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 luxury luxury NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 14 after after ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 suffering suffering NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 18 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 cop _ _ 19 too too ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 23 after after ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 “ " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 House house NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 Hu Hu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ” " PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 40 dare dare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 45 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 47 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 hearted hearted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 conj _ _ 53 in in ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 Peking Peking PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **overcome** | past · passive | | Tu Mr. | | | | | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past · perfect | the temptation to a life of luxury after Tu's suffering | | | | | great *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **dare** | past · do-support | Tu | | | | after Tu's marriage to the beautiful daughter of the House of Hu | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | Tu *not said here* | | | the city of Peking | | of the brave hearted wife and mother | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **suffer** | | Tu | | | | | | nom suffering «state intransitive»: poss=agent | | 6 | **marry** | | Tu | | | | | to the beautiful daughter of the House of Hu | nom marriage «state transitive»: poss=agent to=obl | 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 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/18/102/) - next →: [sentence 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/18/104/) - ↑ back to [A Story of Old China, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/18/)