--- title: From the north and the south, the east and the west, came offers for… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: From the north and the south, the east and the west, came offers for her hand, but she would listen to none of them, for she said she had still to rescue her land from their great southern foe, the Chinese. Who acts: Ting. 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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 (Ting), 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:pg75089:6:13 # text = From the north and the south, the east and the west, came offers for her hand, but she would listen to none of them, for she said she had still to rescue her land from their great southern foe, the Chinese. 1 From from ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 north north NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 south south NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 east east NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 west west NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 14 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 offers offer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 23 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 for for SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 ccomp _ _ 34 still still ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 rescue rescue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 from from ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 40 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 41 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 42 southern southern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 foe foe NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 Chinese Chinese ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | | offers | | the north and the south and the east and the west | | for Ting's hand | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location offer=Theme | | 2 | **listen** | would | Ting | | | | | to none of offers | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to none=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Ting | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **have** | past | Ting | | | | still | | tree rules | | 5 | **rescue** | to-infinitive | Ting *not said here* | Ting's land | | offers's great southern foe | | | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent land=Theme from foe=Source | 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/6/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/6/14/) - ↑ back to [A Tartar Joan of Arc](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/6/)