--- title: When the morning came for him to leave her, she got his breakfast, f… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: When the morning came for him to leave her, she got his breakfast, feeling as though the life was going out of her, and yet, with words of wisdom and many instructions, she clasped him to her, then allowed him to make his prostration, and the door closed. Who acts: morning, mother, life, heart. 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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 (morning, mother, life, heart), 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:pg75089:18:55 # text = When the morning came for him to leave her, she got his breakfast, feeling as though the life was going out of her, and yet, with words of wisdom and many instructions, she clasped him to her, then allowed him to make his prostration, and the door closed. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 9 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 breakfast breakfast NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 feeling feel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 17 as as ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 though though SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 23 out out ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 yet yet ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 wisdom wisdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 instructions instruction NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 clasped clasp VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 45 advmod _ _ 45 allowed allow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 iobj _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 prostration prostration NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj:pass _ _ 55 closed close VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the morning | | | | | for heart | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **leave** | to-infinitive | the morning *not said here* | mother | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 3 | **get** | past | mother | heart's breakfast | | | | with words of wisdom and many instructions | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer breakfast=Stimulus | | 4 | **feel** | gerund | mother *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **go out** | past · progressive | the life | mother | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **clasp** | past | mother | heart | grave | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient to she=Co-Patient | | 7 | **allow** | past | mother *not said here* | | heart | | then | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer he=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **make** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | mother *not said here* | heart's prostration | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset prostration=Product | | 9 | **close** | participle · passive | | the door | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 10 | **word** | | | wisdom | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 11 | **prostrate** | | heart | | | | | | nom prostration «state transitive»: poss=agent | 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/18/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/18/56/) - ↑ back to [A Story of Old China, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/18/)