--- title: Mr. Kao was greatly depressed by his many sorrows, and when he parte… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: Mr. Kao was greatly depressed by his many sorrows, and when he parted from his wife, he felt he should never see her again, neither did he even then comprehend what a true and remarkable wife was his. Who acts: many sorrows, Kao. 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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 (many sorrows, Kao), 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:pg75089:18:74 # text = Mr. Kao was greatly depressed by his many sorrows, and when he parted from his wife, he felt he should never see her again, neither did he even then comprehend what a true and remarkable wife was his. 1 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod:desc _ _ 2 Kao Kao PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 depressed depress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 sorrows sorrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 12 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 parted part VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 15 from from ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 ccomp _ _ 25 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 again again ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 29 cc:preconj _ _ 29 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 even even ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 32 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 33 advmod _ _ 33 comprehend comprehend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 ccomp _ _ 34 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 33 obj _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 36 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 remarkable remarkable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 conj _ _ 39 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **depress** | past · passive | Kao's many sorrows | Kao Mr. | | | | greatly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **part** | past | Kao | | | | | from Kao's wife | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient from wife=Co-Patient | | 3 | **feel** | past | Kao | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **not** **see** | should | Kao | Mr. | | | again | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 5 | **do** | past | Kao *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **comprehend** | infinitive | Kao | | | | then | what a true wife *obj* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 7 | **is a** | past | Kao *not said here* | boy | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **sorrow** | | Kao | | | | | | nom sorrow «feeling 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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/18/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/18/75/) - ↑ back to [A Story of Old China, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/18/)