--- title: “Arise, my children, all of you,” and lifted up his son-in-law; the… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: “Arise, my children, all of you,” and lifted up his son-in-law; the mother took her daughter in her arms, and two servants came forward and lifted up the boys. Who acts: you, mother, two servants. 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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 (you, mother, two servants), 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:pg75089:19:105 # text = “Arise, my children, all of you,” and lifted up his son-in-law; the mother took her daughter in her arms, and two servants came forward and lifted up the boys. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Arise arise VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 appos _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 14 up up ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 25 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 33 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj _ _ 34 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 35 forward forward ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 38 up up ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arise** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | my children | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location child=Theme | | 2 | **lift up** | past | you *not said here* | man's son | | law | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent son=Theme in law=Destination | | 3 | **take** | past | the mother | mother's daughter | | mother's arms | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent daughter=Value in arm=Location | | 4 | **come forward** | past | two servants | | | | | forward *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **lift up** | past | two servants *not said here* | the boys | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Theme | 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 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/19/104/) - next →: [sentence 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/19/106/) - ↑ back to [A Story of Old China, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/19/)