--- title: When the Emperor heard the story of General Kao he ordered that he b… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: When the Emperor heard the story of General Kao he ordered that he be degraded and at once executed, but later, as he heard more and more of the valour of the wife he had taken, he said, “If she will take the city of Yang Chow, her husband’s life shall be her reward.” Who acts: Emperor, wife, life. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/6/31/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Gleanings from Chinese folklore](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/) / [A Tartar Joan of Arc](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/6/) / 31 # Gleanings from Chinese folklore, A Tartar Joan of Arc, sentence 31 When the Emperor heard the story of General Kao he ordered that he be degraded and at once executed, but later, as he heard more and more of the valour of the wife he had taken, he said, “If she will take the city of Yang Chow, her husband’s life shall be her reward.” **Who acts:** Emperor, wife, life · **What happens:** hear, order, degrade, execute, take, say · **To what, where:** story, Emperor, wife, city, reward · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (Emperor, wife, life), 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:pg75089:6:31 # text = When the Emperor heard the story of General Kao he ordered that he be degraded and at once executed, but later, as he heard more and more of the valour of the wife he had taken, he said, “If she will take the city of Yang Chow, her husband’s life shall be her reward.” 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 General General PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:desc _ _ 9 Kao Kao PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 degraded degrade VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 ccomp _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 19 obl _ _ 19 executed execute VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 22 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 27 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 26 advmod _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 27 conj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 valour valour NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 “ " PUNCT `` _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 If if SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 45 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 ccomp _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 Yang Yang PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 compound _ _ 52 Chow chow NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 54 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ’s 's PART POS _ 55 case _ _ 57 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nsubj _ _ 58 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 59 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 61 cop _ _ 60 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 61 nmod:poss _ _ 61 reward reward NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 ” " PUNCT '' _ 47 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | the Emperor | the story of Kao General | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer story=Stimulus | | 2 | **order** | past | Emperor | | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **degrade** | infinitive · passive | | Emperor | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **execute** | participle | | | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **hear** | past | Emperor | | | | | late *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **take** | past · perfect | Emperor | the wife *not said here* | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument wife=Destination | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Emperor | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **take** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | future | wife | the city of Yang Chow | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent city=Theme | | 9 | **is a** *in a quote* | shall | wife's husband's life | wife's reward | | | | wife *nmod:poss* | 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/6/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/6/32/) - ↑ back to [A Tartar Joan of Arc](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/6/)