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# Gleanings from Chinese folklore, A Tartar Joan of Arc, sentence 17

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One day the general of the northern Sung dynasty, Kao Chun Pao, on his way to report to the Emperor, crossed the pass and seeing the tablet read the inscription, and in disgust broke the slab into bits, saying, “Is it possible that in our great land there is a woman with so little self-respect as thus to proclaim her want of feminine delicacy?

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**Who acts:** general, seeing, tablet, woman, Ting · **What happens:** report, cross, see, read, break, say · **To what, where:** pass, tablet, inscription, slab, disgust, great land · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Gleanings from Chinese folklore» by Nellie Naomi Russell, A Tartar Joan of Arc. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (general, seeing, tablet, woman), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg75089:6:17
# text = One day the general of the northern Sung dynasty, Kao Chun Pao, on his way to report to the Emperor, crossed the pass and seeing the tablet read the inscription, and in disgust broke the slab into bits, saying, “Is it possible that in our great land there is a woman with so little self-respect as thus to proclaim her want of feminine delicacy?
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	general	general	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	northern	northern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	Sung	Sung	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	dynasty	dynasty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	Kao	Kao	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	_
12	Chun	Chun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	flat	_	_
13	Pao	Pao	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	report	report	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	acl	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
24	crossed	cross	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	pass	pass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
28	seeing	see	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	31	csubj	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	tablet	tablet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obj	_	_
31	read	read	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	conj	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	inscription	inscription	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
36	in	in	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	disgust	disgust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	_
38	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	parataxis	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	slab	slab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obj	_	_
41	into	into	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
44	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	38	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
46	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	49	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	49	cop	_	_
48	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	49	nsubj	_	_
49	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	44	ccomp	_	_
50	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	56	mark	_	_
51	in	in	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
52	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	54	nmod:poss	_	_
53	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	54	amod	_	_
54	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	obl	_	_
55	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	56	expl	_	_
56	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	49	advcl	_	_
57	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
58	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	nsubj	_	_
59	with	with	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
60	so	so	ADV	RB	_	61	advmod	_	_
61	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	64	amod	_	_
62	self	self	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	62	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obl	_	_
65	as	as	ADP	IN	_	66	case	_	_
66	thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	68	obl	_	_
67	to	to	PART	TO	_	68	mark	_	_
68	proclaim	proclaim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	44	ccomp	_	_
69	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	70	nmod:poss	_	_
70	want	want	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	68	obj	_	_
71	of	of	ADP	IN	_	73	case	_	_
72	feminine	feminine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	73	amod	_	_
73	delicacy	delicacy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	70	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	24	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **report** | to-infinitive | the general of the northern Sung dynasty *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the Emperor | vn subordinate-95.2.1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to emperor=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **cross** | past | the general of the northern Sung dynasty | the pass |  |  | day |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pass=Patient |
| 3 | **see** | gerund |  | the tablet |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tablet=Stimulus |
| 4 | **read** | past | seeing | the inscription |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inscription=Topic |
| 5 | **break** | past |  | the slab |  | disgust |  | into bits *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent slab=Patient into bit=Result |
| 6 | **say** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with little self respect | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | tablet |  |  |  |  | possible *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **be** *in a quote* | present | a woman |  |  | our great land; there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in land=Location |
| 9 | **proclaim** *in a quote* | to-infinitive |  | Ting's want of feminine delicacy |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent want=Theme as thus=Attribute |
| 10 | **want** *in a quote* |  | Ting | feminine delicacy |  |  |  |  | nom want «state transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

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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.

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**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.

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