--- title: In a few words quiet was restored, and the great Yen Sung, torn and… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: In a few words quiet was restored, and the great Yen Sung, torn and tattered, beaten, and raging like a lion, rushed into the audience hall and, bending before the Emperor, cried out for revenge. Who acts: few words. 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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 (few words), 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:pg75089:20:75 # text = In a few words quiet was restored, and the great Yen Sung, torn and tattered, beaten, and raging like a lion, rushed into the audience hall and, bending before the Emperor, cried out for revenge. 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 quiet quiet VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 restored restore VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 12 Yen Yen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 Sung Sung PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 torn tear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 tattered tatter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 beaten beat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 22 raging rage VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 advcl _ _ 23 like like ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 rushed rush VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 acl _ _ 28 into into ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 audience audience NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 bending bend VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 conj _ _ 35 before before ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 39 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 40 out out ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 revenge revenge NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **quiet** | present | a few words | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **restore** | past · passive | a few words *not said here* | | | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)» | | 3 | **tear** | participle · passive | | the great Yen Sung | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **tatter** | participle | | | | | | | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **beat** | participle | | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **rage** | gerund | | | | | | like a lion | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **rush** | participle | | a lion *not said here* | | | | into the audience hall *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into hall=Result | | 8 | **bend** | gerund | | | | | before the Emperor | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before emperor=Location | | 9 | **cry out** *speech: express* | past | a few words *not said here* | | | | | for revenge | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for revenge=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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/20/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/20/76/) - ↑ back to [A Story of Old China, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/20/)