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# Gleanings from Chinese folklore, A Story of Old China, part 4, sentence 49

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When Ting Lang entered his name and his brother’s for the examinations they had given the name of Hu and as he had not sought out his mother, no one knew that the much-talked-of young student was of the old house of Tu.

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**Who acts:** Ting, examinations, one, much talked young student · **What happens:** enter, give, not seek out, know, be, name · **To what, where:** name, mother, Hu · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Gleanings from Chinese folklore» by Nellie Naomi Russell, A Story of Old China, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ting, examinations, one, much talked young student), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg75089:20:49
# text = When Ting Lang entered his name and his brother’s for the examinations they had given the name of Hu and as he had not sought out his mother, no one knew that the much-talked-of young student was of the old house of Tu.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	Ting	Ting	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	Lang	Lang	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	_
4	entered	enter	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	advcl	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	’s	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	examinations	examination	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
14	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
15	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	Hu	Hu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
22	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	26	mark	_	_
23	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
24	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	aux	_	_
25	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	26	advmod	_	_
26	sought	seek	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	16	conj	_	_
27	out	out	ADP	RP	_	26	compound:prt	_	_
28	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	29	nmod:poss	_	_
29	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
31	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	32	det	_	_
32	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	nsubj	_	_
33	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	conj	_	_
34	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	47	mark	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
36	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	36	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	talked	talked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	42	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	amod	_	_
42	student	student	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	nsubj	_	_
43	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	47	cop	_	_
44	of	of	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
46	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	47	amod	_	_
47	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	ccomp	_	_
48	of	of	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
49	Tu	Tu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	47	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enter** | past | Ting | Ting's name and Ting's brother |  |  |  | for the examinations | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme name=Destination |
| 2 | **give** | past · perfect | examinations *= examination* | the name of Hu |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **seek out** | past · perfect | Ting | Ting's mother |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mother=Theme |
| 4 | **know** | past | no one |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 5 | **is** | past | the much talked young student |  |  |  |  | of the old house; of Tu | tree rules |
| 6 | **name** |  | Ting |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
| 7 | **name** |  |  | Hu |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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.

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