--- title: After he revived and was quite himself again, she asked him who he w… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: After he revived and was quite himself again, she asked him who he was and how old; why he had left his mother and come to another province, as she could tell by his voice that he was from the north. Who acts: boy, priest. 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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 (boy, priest), 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:pg75089:19:25 # text = After he revived and was quite himself again, she asked him who he was and how old; why he had left his mother and come to another province, as she could tell by his voice that he was from the north. 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 revived revive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 quite quite ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 3 conj _ _ 8 again again ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 iobj _ _ 13 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 18 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 parataxis _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 30 det _ _ 30 province province NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 as as SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 36 by by ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 42 from from ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 north north NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **revive** | past | boy | | | | again | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **is a** | past | boy *not said here* | boy | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | priest | | boy | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 4 | **is** | past | | | | | | who *nsubj*; boy *nsubj*; old *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **leave** | past · perfect | boy | boy's mother | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mother=Theme | | 6 | **come** | infinitive | boy *not said here* | | | another province | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to province=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | could | priest | | | | | by boy's voice | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is** | past | boy | | | the north | | | tree rules | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/19/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/19/26/) - ↑ back to [A Story of Old China, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/19/)