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title: The wedding was hastily arranged, and the General with his bride set… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics
description: The wedding was hastily arranged, and the General with his bride set out at once for Peking, to take his report to the Emperor and to take command of a large force which was to move southward from the capital to recapture the city of Yang Chow, which was in the hands of southern rebels. Who acts: Ge
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# Gleanings from Chinese folklore, A Tartar Joan of Arc, sentence 29

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The wedding was hastily arranged, and the General with his bride set out at once for Peking, to take his report to the Emperor and to take command of a large force which was to move southward from the capital to recapture the city of Yang Chow, which was in the hands of southern rebels.

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**Who acts:** General, large force, Yang Chow · **What happens:** arrange, set out, take, move, recapture, be · **To what, where:** wedding, report, Emperor, command, capital, city · **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, large force, Yang Chow), 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:pg75089:6:29
# text = The wedding was hastily arranged, and the General with his bride set out at once for Peking, to take his report to the Emperor and to take command of a large force which was to move southward from the capital to recapture the city of Yang Chow, which was in the hands of southern rebels.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	hastily	hastily	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	arranged	arrange	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	General	General	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	set	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
14	out	out	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	13	obl	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	Peking	Peking	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	to	to	PART	TO	_	21	mark	_	_
21	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	13	parataxis	_	_
22	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	_
24	to	to	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
28	to	to	PART	TO	_	29	mark	_	_
29	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	21	conj	_	_
30	command	command	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obj	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
32	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
33	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
34	force	force	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	_
35	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	38	nsubj	_	_
36	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	38	aux	_	_
37	to	to	PART	TO	_	38	mark	_	_
38	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	acl:relcl	_	_
39	southward	southward	ADV	RB	_	42	advmod	_	_
40	from	from	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	capital	capital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	_
43	to	to	PART	TO	_	44	mark	_	_
44	recapture	recapture	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	38	advcl	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obj	_	_
47	of	of	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	Yang	Yang	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	49	compound	_	_
49	Chow	chow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
51	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	55	nsubj	_	_
52	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	55	cop	_	_
53	in	in	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
55	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	49	appos	_	_
56	of	of	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
57	southern	southern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	58	amod	_	_
58	rebels	rebel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	55	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrange** | past · passive |  | the wedding |  |  |  | hastily *property* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product |
| 2 | **set out** | past | the General with general's bride |  |  |  |  | for Peking | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **take** | to-infinitive |  | general's report | the Emperor |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent report=Theme to emperor=Destination |
| 4 | **take** | to-infinitive |  | command of a large force |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent command=Theme |
| 5 | **move** | past | a large force |  |  | the capital |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from capital=Trajectory |
| 6 | **recapture** | to-infinitive | a large force *not said here* | the city of Yang Chow |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent city=Theme |
| 7 | **is** | past | Yang Chow |  |  | the hands |  | of southern rebels | tree rules |
| 8 | **report** |  | general |  |  |  |  |  | nom report «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
| 9 | **command** |  |  | a large force |  |  |  |  | nom command «communication transitive»: 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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