--- title: “You great traitor to your country; you crafty minister; you control… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: “You great traitor to your country; you crafty minister; you control and insult the Emperor, hold under as slaves all officials of the Empire; you oppressor of the people, your sun is set. Who acts: you, people. 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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 (you, people), 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:pg75089:20:68 # text = “You great traitor to your country; you crafty minister; you control and insult the Emperor, hold under as slaves all officials of the Empire; you oppressor of the people, your sun is set. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 traitor traitor NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 crafty crafty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 minister minister NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 control control VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 insult insult VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 hold hold VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 21 under under ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 as as ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 slaves slave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 24 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 25 det _ _ 25 officials official NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 conj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 Empire Empire PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 oppressor oppressor NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 36 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **minister** *in a quote* | | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **control** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **insult** *in a quote* | present | you *not said here* | the Emperor | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus emperor=Experiencer | | 4 | **hold** *in a quote* | present | you *not said here* | | | slaves and all officials of the Empire | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under slave=Location | | 5 | **oppressor** *in a quote* | | you | | | | | of the people | tree rules | | 6 | **set** *in a quote* | present · passive | the people *not said here* | your sun | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result | 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 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/20/67/) - next →: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/20/69/) - ↑ back to [A Story of Old China, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/20/)