--- title: “What does this mean?” and turning to the officials he had created h… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: “What does this mean?” and turning to the officials he had created he said, “You stand there and see me reviled; you make no motion to help me; life and death are in my hands and you will suffer.” Who acts: this, official, You, motion. 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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 (this, official, You, motion), 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:pg75089:20:72 # text = “What does this mean?” and turning to the officials he had created he said, “You stand there and see me reviled; you make no motion to help me; life and death are in my hands and you will suffer.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 3 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 5 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 turning turn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 ccomp _ _ 10 to to SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 officials official NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 created create VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 ccomp _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 “ " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 stand stand VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 ccomp _ _ 22 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 25 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 reviled revile VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 30 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 31 det _ _ 31 motion motion NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 34 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 36 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 39 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 suffer suffer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** *in a quote* | present · do-support | this | | | | | What *obj* | tree rules | | 2 | **turn** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **create** | past · perfect · passive | | the officials | | | | official *nsubj* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | | 4 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | official | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **stand** *in a quote* | present | You | | | there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **see** *in a quote* | infinitive | You *not said here* | official | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **revile** *in a quote* | participle | official *not said here* | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **make** *in a quote* | present | you | no motion | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **help** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | no motion *not said here* | | official | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary | | 10 | **is** *in a quote* | present | life and death | | | my hands | | my *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 11 | **suffer** *in a quote* | future | you | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/20/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/20/73/) - ↑ back to [A Story of Old China, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/20/)