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title: She read the one from her husband, asking her pardon for his neglect… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics
description: She read the one from her husband, asking her pardon for his neglect, saying he had no means of expressing his deep regret, telling of his present circumstances and comforts, and thanking her for sending the son. Who acts: Yü, husband, no. A sentence of «Gleanings from Chinese folklore» by Nellie Na
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# Gleanings from Chinese folklore, A Story of Old China, part 3, sentence 141

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She read the one from her husband, asking her pardon for his neglect, saying he had no means of expressing his deep regret, telling of his present circumstances and comforts, and thanking her for sending the son.

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**Who acts:** Yü, husband, no · **What happens:** read, ask, say, have, mean, express · **To what, where:** one, pardon, deep regret, Yü, son · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (Yü, husband, no), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg75089:19:141
# text = She read the one from her husband, asking her pardon for his neglect, saying he had no means of expressing his deep regret, telling of his present circumstances and comforts, and thanking her for sending the son.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	read	read	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	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	pardon	pardon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	neglect	neglect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	conj	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	ccomp	_	_
19	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	20	nsubj	_	_
20	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	ccomp	_	_
21	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	22	mark	_	_
22	expressing	express	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	20	advcl	_	_
23	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	25	nmod:poss	_	_
24	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	regret	regret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
27	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	22	conj	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
29	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	31	nmod:poss	_	_
30	present	present	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	obl	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
33	comforts	comfort	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
36	thanking	thank	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	conj	_	_
37	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	obj	_	_
38	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	39	mark	_	_
39	sending	send	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	36	advcl	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | past | Yü | the one |  |  |  | from Yü's husband | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent one=Topic from husband=Source |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | Yü *not said here* | Yü's pardon |  |  |  | for husband's neglect | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent pardon=Recipient |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Yü *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **have** | past | husband |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **mean** | present | no |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **express** | gerund | no *not said here* | husband's deep regret |  |  |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent regret=Theme |
| 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | no *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of husband's present circumstances and comforts | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **thank** *speech: thank* | gerund | Yü *not said here* |  | Yü |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
| 9 | **send** | gerund | Yü *not said here* | the son |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Theme |
| 10 | **pardon** |  | Yü |  |  |  |  |  | nom pardon «act transitive»: poss=agent |
| 11 | **neglect** |  | husband |  |  |  |  |  | nom neglect «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
| 12 | **regret** |  | husband |  |  |  |  |  | nom regret «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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