--- title: “My son has found his father; the latter has comforts and riches; I… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: “My son has found his father; the latter has comforts and riches; I will abide here; here where I have suffered will I live my life; I care not for riches; although I am poor I am not covetous. Who acts: latter, 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 (latter, 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:pg75089:20:23 # text = “My son has found his father; the latter has comforts and riches; I will abide here; here where I have suffered will I live my life; I care not for riches; although I am poor I am not covetous. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 latter latter ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 nsubj _ _ 11 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 12 comforts comfort NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 riches rich NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 abide abide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 19 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 21 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ _ 22 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 25 advmod _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 suffered suffer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 26 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 parataxis _ _ 29 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 care care VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 riches rich NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 38 although although SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 41 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 advcl _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 44 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 45 covetous covetous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | My son | | | | son's father *obj* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme father=Attribute | | 2 | **have** *in a quote* | present | the latter | comforts and riches | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent comfort=Patient | | 3 | **abide** *in a quote* | future | the servants *= servant* | | | here | | | tree rules | | 4 | **suffer** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the servants *= servant* | | | here | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **live** *in a quote* | future | the servants *= servant* | my life | | | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme life=Location | | 6 | **not** **care** *in a quote* | present | the servants *= servant* | | | | | for riches | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for rich=Theme | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the servants *= servant* | | | | | poor *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | the servants *= servant* | | | | | covetous *property* | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/20/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/20/24/) - ↑ back to [A Story of Old China, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/20/)