--- title: This man was very unkind to him, and he was determined to make his e… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: This man was very unkind to him, and he was determined to make his escape; one day he was less carefully watched, and taking the open moment, he ran to the river bank just as some men were landing from a boat. Who acts: man, boy, men. A sentence of «Gleanings from Chinese folklore» by Nellie Naomi R --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/18/68/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Gleanings from Chinese folklore](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/) / [A Story of Old China, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/18/) / 68 # Gleanings from Chinese folklore, A Story of Old China, part 2, sentence 68 This man was very unkind to him, and he was determined to make his escape; one day he was less carefully watched, and taking the open moment, he ran to the river bank just as some men were landing from a boat. **Who acts:** man, boy, men · **What happens:** be, make, watch, take, run, land · **To what, where:** boy, escape, boat This is a sentence of «Gleanings from Chinese folklore» by Nellie Naomi Russell, A Story of Old China, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, boy, men), 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:pg75089:18:68 # text = This man was very unkind to him, and he was determined to make his escape; one day he was less carefully watched, and taking the open moment, he ran to the river bank just as some men were landing from a boat. 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 unkind unkind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 determined determined ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 escape escape NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 18 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nummod _ _ 19 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl:unmarked _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 22 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 23 advmod _ _ 23 carefully carefully ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 watched watch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 bank bank NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 38 just just ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 39 as as SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 40 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 41 det _ _ 41 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 42 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 landing land VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 44 from from ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | this man | | boy | | | unkind *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | boy | | | | | determined *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **make** | to-infinitive | boy *not said here* | boy's escape | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset escape=Product | | 4 | **watch** | past · passive | | boy | | | day | carefully *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **take** | gerund | | | | | moment | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **run** | past | boy | | | | | to the river bank *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to bank=Result | | 7 | **land** | past · progressive | some men | | | a boat | | | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **escape** | | boy | | | | | | nom escape «act intransitive»: 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 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/18/67/) - next →: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/18/69/) - ↑ back to [A Story of Old China, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/18/)