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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, changes), 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:pg75089:20:42 # text = She promised them she would go when she had need of money and get from the store for her use, and with great reluctance the servants, again prostrating themselves, left her; they returned to the south and she entered her poor little room. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 10 need need NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 15 from from ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 store store NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 reluctance reluctance NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 again again ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 prostrating prostrate VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 27 acl _ _ 31 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 33 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 34 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 south south NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 44 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 45 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 46 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | latter | | changes *= change* | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** | would | latter | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **have** | past | latter | need of money | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent need=Patient | | 4 | **get** | infinitive | latter *not said here* | | | the store for latter's use | | | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme from store=Destination | | 5 | **prostrate** | gerund | the servants *not said here* | changes *= change* | | | again | | tree rules | | 6 | **leave** | past | latter *not said here* | | latter | | | with great reluctance and the servants | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Recipient with reluctance=Theme | | 7 | **return** | past | changes *= change* | | | | | to the south *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to south=Result | | 8 | **enter** | past | latter | latter's poor little room | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme room=Destination | | 9 | **need** | | | money | | | | | nom need «state transitive»: of=patient | | 10 | **use** | | latter | | | | | | nom use «act transitive»: poss=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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/20/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/20/43/) - ↑ back to [A Story of Old China, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/20/)