--- title: In beautiful robes and special official cap, that told of his high r… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: In beautiful robes and special official cap, that told of his high rank, with all the glory of his position, she knew him; knew her boy who left her a little lad, returning to her with glory honestly won. Who acts: that, Yü, boy, glory. 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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 (that, Yü, boy, glory), 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:pg75089:20:131 # text = In beautiful robes and special official cap, that told of his high rank, with all the glory of his position, she knew him; knew her boy who left her a little lad, returning to her with glory honestly won. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 robes robe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 5 special special ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 official official ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 cap cap NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 9 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 rank rank NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 19 det:predet _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 glory glory NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 position position NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 28 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 29 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 32 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 33 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 returning return VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 glory glory NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 43 honestly honestly ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 won win VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | that | | | beautiful robes and special official cap | | of Ting's high rank; with all glory of Ting's position | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **know** | past | Yü | Ting | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 3 | **know** | past | | Yü's boy | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer boy=Stimulus | | 4 | **leave** | past | Yü's boy | Yü | | | | a little lad *obj* | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent she=Theme lad=Attribute | | 5 | **return** | gerund | | | Yü | | | with glory | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to she=Result | | 6 | **win** | past | glory *not said here* | | | | | honestly *property* | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **glory** | | Ting's position | | | | | | 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 130](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/20/130/) - next →: [sentence 132](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/20/132/) - ↑ back to [A Story of Old China, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/20/)