--- title: Mr. Tu was angry then and also afraid, and striking the boy with his… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: Mr. Tu was angry then and also afraid, and striking the boy with his riding-whip, he said, as he threw him some silver, “Get you gone, you are an impostor; you are not my son, but because you are a poor boy I will help you a little and not put you in prison.” Who acts: Tu, you, poor boy. 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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, you, poor boy), 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:pg75089:18:121 # text = Mr. Tu was angry then and also afraid, and striking the boy with his riding-whip, he said, as he threw him some silver, “Get you gone, you are an impostor; you are not my son, but because you are a poor boy I will help you a little and not put you in prison.” 1 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod:desc _ _ 2 Tu Tu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 also also ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 11 striking strike VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 16 riding riding NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 whip whip NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 28 det _ _ 28 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 “ " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 Get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 gone gone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 impostor impostor NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 41 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 43 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 46 but but CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 47 because because SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 48 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 49 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 53 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 54 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 parataxis _ _ 56 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 55 obj _ _ 57 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 obj _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 60 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 61 advmod _ _ 61 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 conj _ _ 62 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 61 obj _ _ 63 in in ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 prison prison NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Tu Mr. | | | | then | angry *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | Tu Mr. *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **strike** | gerund | Tu *not said here* | the boy | | | | with Tu's riding whip | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent boy=Patient with whip=Instrument | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Tu | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **throw** | past | Tu | some silver | boy | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination silver=Theme | | 6 | **get** *in a quote* | infinitive | Tu *not said here* | you | | | | gone *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | you | a impostor | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | you | my son | | | | my *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 9 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | you | a poor boy | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **help** *in a quote* | future | a poor boy | you | | | | I *nsubj* | tree rules | | 11 | **not** **put** *in a quote* | infinitive | a poor boy *not said here* | you | | prison | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme in prison=Destination | 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 120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/18/120/) - next →: [sentence 122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/18/122/) - ↑ back to [A Story of Old China, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/18/)