--- title: As she said this the tears came; all the years of loneliness and sad… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: As she said this the tears came; all the years of loneliness and sadness swept over her; she could not accept comforts from him who had been untrue to her, or from the one who had her place. Who acts: sage, tears, years, one. 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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 (sage, tears, years, one), 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:pg75089:20:29 # text = As she said this the tears came; all the years of loneliness and sadness swept over her; she could not accept comforts from him who had been untrue to her, or from the one who had her place. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 4 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 9 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 11 det:predet _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 loneliness loneliness NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 sadness sadness NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 16 swept sweep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 over over ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 23 accept accept VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 24 comforts comfort NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 25 from from ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 27 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 cop _ _ 30 untrue untrue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 parataxis _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 or or CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 from from ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 38 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 39 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 40 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | sage | this | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **come** | past | the tears | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **sweep** | past | all years of loneliness and sadness | | | | | over sage | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over she=Trajectory | | 4 | **not** **accept** | could | sage | comforts | | | | from boy | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent comfort=Theme from he=Source | | 5 | **is** | past · perfect | | | sage | | | who *nsubj*; the one *conj*; untrue *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **have** | past | the one | sage's place | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Patient | 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/20/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/20/30/) - ↑ back to [A Story of Old China, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/20/)