--- title: “We have a plenty for all; we will put this in the care of a big sto… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: “We have a plenty for all; we will put this in the care of a big store here; our master is part owner in it, and you must go to him for it when you need it. Who acts: We, master, you, big store. 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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 (We, master, you, big store), 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:pg75089:20:39 # text = “We have a plenty for all; we will put this in the care of a big store here; our master is part owner in it, and you must go to him for it when you need it. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 plenty plenty NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 9 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 12 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 obj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 store store NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 20 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 22 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 25 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 owner owner NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 38 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 40 advmod _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *in a quote* | present | We | a plenty | | | | for all | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plenty=Patient | | 2 | **put** *in a quote* | future | we | this | | the care of a big store; here | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent this=Theme in care=Destination | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | our master | part owner | | owner | | | tree rules | | 4 | **go** *in a quote* | must | you | | boy | | | for master | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **need** *in a quote* | present | you | master | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | | 6 | **care** *in a quote* | | a big store | | | | | | nom care «act 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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/20/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/20/40/) - ↑ back to [A Story of Old China, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/20/)