--- title: And then the friend came and promised the wife to stay by her husban… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: And then the friend came and promised the wife to stay by her husband to the end of the journey and care for him, and urged her to go home as it was late and the cart must be starting. Who acts: friend, journey, 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 (friend, journey, 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:pg75089:18:4 # text = And then the friend came and promised the wife to stay by her husband to the end of the journey and care for him, and urged her to go home as it was late and the cart must be starting. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 12 by by ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 care care VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 urged urge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 28 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 iobj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 31 home home ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 as as SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 35 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 advcl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 cart cart NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 39 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 aux _ _ 41 starting start VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the friend | | | | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | the friend *not said here* | | the wife | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent wife=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **stay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the friend *not said here* | | | | to the end of the journey | by friend's husband | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by husband=Location | | 4 | **care** | infinitive | the friend *not said here* | | | | | for husband | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for he=Theme | | 5 | **urge** | past | the friend *not said here* | | friend | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the friend *not said here* | | | | | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is** | past | journey | | | | | late *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **start** | must · progressive | the cart | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/18/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/18/5/) - ↑ back to [A Story of Old China, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/18/)