--- title: “And there shall be no night there, and they need no candle, neither… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: “And there shall be no night there, and they need no candle, neither light of the sun, for the Lord God giveth them light, and they shall reign for ever and ever.” Who acts: heights, Lord God. 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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 (heights, Lord God), 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:pg75089:5:14 # text = “And there shall be no night there, and they need no candle, neither light of the sun, for the Lord God giveth them light, and they shall reign for ever and ever.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 3 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 5 expl _ _ 4 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 7 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 8 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 14 det _ _ 14 candle candle NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 neither neither DET DT PronType=Neg 17 det _ _ 17 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 for for SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 giveth give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 light light ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 reign reign VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 33 obl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ” " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | infinitive | | no night | | there | | | tree rules | | 2 | **need** *in a quote* | present | heights *= height* | no candle and neither light of the sun | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot candle=Theme | | 3 | **give** *in a quote* | present | the Lord God | heights *= height* | | | | light *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 4 | **reign** *in a quote* | shall | heights *= height* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **light** *in a quote* | | | the sun | | | | | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/5/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/5/15/) - ↑ back to [Miss Russell’s Funeral Service](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/5/)