--- title: All of these words were accompanied with so many knocks of the littl… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: All of these words were accompanied with so many knocks of the little head on the bricks at his feet that the father gave way and told her mother and the servants to get her and her nurse ready for the journey. Who acts: many knocks, father, little head. 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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 (many knocks, father, little head), 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:pg75089:7:20 # text = All of these words were accompanied with so many knocks of the little head on the bricks at his feet that the father gave way and told her mother and the servants to get her and her nurse ready for the journey. 1 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 accompanied accompany VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 knocks knock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl:agent _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 bricks brick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl:agent _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 25 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 conj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 35 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 nurse nurse NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ _ 39 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 xcomp _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accompany** | past · passive | many knocks of the little head on the bricks | All of this words | | | | father's feet *obl:agent* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 2 | **give** | past | the father | way | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the father *not said here* | | offence's mother and the servants | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent mother=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **get** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | offence | | | | ready *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 5 | **knock** | | the little head on the bricks | | | | | | nom knock «event intransitive»: of=agent | 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/7/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/7/21/) - ↑ back to [A Daughter of the Orient](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/7/)