--- title: Ting Lang came with three hundred and fifty-nine other men who had t… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: Ting Lang came with three hundred and fifty-nine other men who had the degree of “Chin Shib,” to be examined for “Chuang Yuan,” the highest degree in the Empire, and a degree only given to one man once in three years. Who acts: Ting, hundred nine other men. 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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 (Ting, hundred nine other men), 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:pg75089:20:55 # text = Ting Lang came with three hundred and fifty-nine other men who had the degree of “Chin Shib,” to be examined for “Chuang Yuan,” the highest degree in the Empire, and a degree only given to one man once in three years. 1 Ting ting NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 Lang Lang PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 5 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 compound _ _ 6 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 11 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 13 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 14 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 degree degree NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 “ " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Chin Chin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 20 Shib Shib PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 24 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 examined examine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 27 “ " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 Chuang Chuang PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 29 Yuan Yuan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ” " PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 highest high ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 34 amod _ _ 34 degree degree NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 Empire Empire PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 degree degree NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 only only ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 46 nummod _ _ 46 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 47 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 43 advmod _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 50 nummod _ _ 50 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Ting | | | | | with hundred nine other men | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **have** | past | hundred nine other men | the degree of Chin | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent degree=Patient | | 3 | **examine** | to-infinitive · passive | Ting *not said here* | | | | | for the highest degree Chuang in the Empire | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: for degree=Attribute | | 4 | **give** | participle · passive | | a degree | one man | | year | once *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to man=Recipient | 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/20/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/20/56/) - ↑ back to [A Story of Old China, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/20/)