--- title: Then came the daughter and, kneeling before her mother, she said, “H… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: Then came the daughter and, kneeling before her mother, she said, “His sins are my sins,” and after that the two boys, who said as they knelt, “Our parents’ sins are ours,” and the four wept with loud and bitter tears. Who acts: daughter, sins, two boys, four. 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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 (daughter, sins, two boys, four), 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:pg75089:19:103 # text = Then came the daughter and, kneeling before her mother, she said, “His sins are my sins,” and after that the two boys, who said as they knelt, “Our parents’ sins are ours,” and the four wept with loud and bitter tears. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 kneeling kneel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 8 before before ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 15 “ " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 sins sin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 18 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 19 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 sins sin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ” " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 after after ADP IN _ 2 conj _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 fixed _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 nummod _ _ 28 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 31 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 32 as as SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 knelt kneel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 36 “ " PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 Our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ’ 's PART POS _ 38 case _ _ 40 sins sin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj _ _ 41 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 42 ours our PRON PRP Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 48 nsubj _ _ 48 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 49 with with ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 50 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 bitter bitter ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 conj _ _ 53 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the daughter | | | | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **kneel** | gerund | the daughter *not said here* | | | | before daughter's mother | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before mother=Location | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | daughter | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Son's sins | my sins | | | | my *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the two boys | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **kneel** | past | sins *= sin* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Our parents's sins | ours | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **weep** | past | the four | | | | | with loud tears | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=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 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/19/102/) - next →: [sentence 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/19/104/) - ↑ back to [A Story of Old China, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/19/)