--- title: As old Mr. Hu looked at him his eyes filled and he said, “He has the… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: As old Mr. Hu looked at him his eyes filled and he said, “He has the virtues of Heaven and the strength of the gods; this is a son for the gods, and the glory of his father, grandfather, and most worthy mother; be comforted, son-in-law, we cannot divide the house; the child to seek his father was re --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/19/120/) [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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/19/) / 120 # Gleanings from Chinese folklore, A Story of Old China, part 3, sentence 120 As old Mr. Hu looked at him his eyes filled and he said, “He has the virtues of Heaven and the strength of the gods; this is a son for the gods, and the glory of his father, grandfather, and most worthy mother; be comforted, son-in-law, we cannot divide the house; the child to seek his father was ready to die, and to our house has come glory, and because of the virtues of this boy the broken household shall be reunited. **Who acts:** eyes, eye, this, we, child, father · **What happens:** look, fill, say, have, be, comfort · **To what, where:** virtues, son, house, father, glory · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Gleanings from Chinese folklore» by Nellie Naomi Russell, A Story of Old China, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (eyes, eye, this, we), 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:pg75089:19:120 # text = As old Mr. Hu looked at him his eyes filled and he said, “He has the virtues of Heaven and the strength of the gods; this is a son for the gods, and the glory of his father, grandfather, and most worthy mother; be comforted, son-in-law, we cannot divide the house; the child to seek his father was ready to die, and to our house has come glory, and because of the virtues of this boy the broken household shall be reunited. 1 As as ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:desc _ _ 4 Hu Hu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 5 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 filled fill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 virtues virtue NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 Heaven Heaven PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 29 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 nsubj _ _ 30 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 glory glory NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 appos _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 grandfather grandfather NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 49 amod _ _ 48 worthy worthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ; ; PUNCT : _ 52 punct _ _ 51 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 52 aux:pass _ _ 52 comforted comfort VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 54 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 in in ADP IN _ 58 case _ SpaceAfter=No 57 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 60 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 61 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 63 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 62 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 63 advmod _ _ 63 divide divide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 ; ; PUNCT : _ 74 punct _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 nsubj _ _ 69 to to PART TO _ 70 mark _ _ 70 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 68 acl _ _ 71 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 72 nmod:poss _ _ 72 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obj _ _ 73 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 74 cop _ _ 74 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 75 to to PART TO _ 76 mark _ _ 76 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 74 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 77 , , PUNCT , _ 83 punct _ _ 78 and and CCONJ CC _ 83 cc _ _ 79 to to ADP IN _ 81 case _ _ 80 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 81 nmod:poss _ _ 81 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 83 obl _ _ 82 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 83 aux _ _ 83 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 parataxis _ _ 84 glory glory NOUN NN Number=Sing 83 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 85 , , PUNCT , _ 99 punct _ _ 86 and and CCONJ CC _ 99 cc _ _ 87 because because SCONJ IN _ 99 mark _ _ 88 of of ADP IN _ 87 fixed _ _ 89 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 90 det _ _ 90 virtues virtue NOUN NNS Number=Plur 99 nsubj:pass _ _ 91 of of ADP IN _ 93 case _ _ 92 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 93 det _ _ 93 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 90 nmod _ _ 94 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 96 det _ _ 95 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 96 amod _ _ 96 household household NOUN NN Number=Sing 99 nsubj:pass _ _ 97 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 99 aux _ _ 98 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 99 aux:pass _ _ 99 reunited reunite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 100 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | | | | | | as old Hu Mr.; at Hu | tree rules | | 2 | **fill** | past | Hu's eyes | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | eye | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **have** *in a quote* | present | eye | the virtues of Heaven and the strength of the gods | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent virtue=Patient | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | this | a son and most worthy mother | | | | for the gods; the glory of eye's father and grandfather *appos*; most worthy mother *conj* | tree rules | | 6 | **comfort** *in a quote* | infinitive · passive | | | | | | law son *conj* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | | 7 | **not** **divide** *in a quote* | can | we | the house | | | | | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme | | 8 | **seek** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the child *not said here* | father's father | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Theme | | 9 | **is** *in a quote* | past | the child | | | | | ready *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **die** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the child *not said here* | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 11 | **come** *in a quote* | present · perfect | | glory | | | | to our house | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location glory=Theme | | 12 | **break** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 13 | **reunite** *in a quote* | shall · passive | | the virtues of this boy | | | | the broken household *nsubj:pass* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Agent | | 14 | **glory** *in a quote* | | eye's father and grandfather | | | | | | nom glory «state intransitive»: of=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 119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/19/119/) - next →: [sentence 121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/19/121/) - ↑ back to [A Story of Old China, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/19/)