--- title: Tradition says he was given a silver bowl and made to beg from door… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: Tradition says he was given a silver bowl and made to beg from door to door for the rest of his life, and a small street called “Silver Street” is said to have been named for his bowl and the fact that there he died on the street a beggar. Who acts: Tradition, street. 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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 (Tradition, street), 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:pg75089:21:12 # text = Tradition says he was given a silver bowl and made to beg from door to door for the rest of his life, and a small street called “Silver Street” is said to have been named for his bowl and the fact that there he died on the street a beggar. 1 Tradition tradition NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 ccomp _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 bowl bowl NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 beg beg VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 street street NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl _ _ 29 “ " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 Silver Silver PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 Street Street PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ” " PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ _ 33 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 36 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 aux _ _ 37 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 xcomp _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 bowl bowl NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 fact fact NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ _ 45 that that SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 46 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 48 advmod _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 acl _ _ 49 on on ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 street street NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 beggar beggar NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Tradition | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **give** | past · passive | | Tradition | | | | a silver bowl *obj* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient bowl=Theme | | 3 | **make** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **beg** *speech: request* | to-infinitive | | | | door | | to door; for the rest of Tradition's life | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for rest=Topic | | 5 | **call** | participle | | a small street *not said here* | | | | Silver Street *xcomp* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · passive | | a small street | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **name** | to-infinitive · perfect · passive | | | | | | for street's bowl and the fact | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP» | | 8 | **die** | past | street | a beggar | | the street; there | | | tree rules | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/21/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/21/13/) - ↑ back to [A Story of Old China, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/21/)