--- title: The mother, rushing out after him, only able to see with one eye, an… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: The mother, rushing out after him, only able to see with one eye, and not seeing her boy, but only hearing the splash as the brick struck the water, concluded that he had jumped into the well. Who acts: mother, able, brick. 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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 (mother, able, brick), 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:pg75089:18:28 # text = The mother, rushing out after him, only able to see with one eye, and not seeing her boy, but only hearing the splash as the brick struck the water, concluded that he had jumped into the well. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 rushing rush VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 after after ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 only only ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 nsubj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 19 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 only only ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 hearing hear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 39 csubj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 splash splash NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 as as SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 brick brick NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 concluded conclude VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 ccomp _ _ 39 jumped jump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 40 into into ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rush out** | gerund | the mother *not said here* | | | | after boy | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | able the mother *not said here* | | | | | with one eye | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **not** **see** | gerund | able the mother *not said here* | mother's boy | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer boy=Stimulus | | 4 | **hear** | gerund | | the splash | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer splash=Stimulus | | 5 | **strike** | past | the brick | the water | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient | | 6 | **conclude** | past | the brick *not said here* | | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **have** | past | brick | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **jump** | past | able the mother | | | | | into the well *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into well=Result | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/18/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/18/29/) - ↑ back to [A Story of Old China, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/18/)