--- title: She told him how good and kind her father was; that every one loved… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: She told him how good and kind her father was; that every one loved him; he had never made a mistake before, and indeed the thing for which he was to be punished had been much exaggerated. Who acts: Glory, father, one, Emperor. 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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 (Glory, father, one, Emperor), 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:pg75089:7:28 # text = She told him how good and kind her father was; that every one loved him; he had never made a mistake before, and indeed the thing for which he was to be punished had been much exaggerated. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 5 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 12 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 det _ _ 13 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 14 det _ _ 14 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 conj _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 mistake mistake NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 before before ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 obl _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 punished punish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl:relcl _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 38 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 40 aux:pass _ _ 39 much much ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 exaggerated exaggerate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Glory | | Emperor | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 2 | **is** | past | Glory's father | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | Glory's father *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **love** | past | that one | Emperor | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 5 | **not** **make** | past · perfect | Emperor | a mistake | | | | before *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mistake=Product | | 6 | **punish** | past · passive | | Emperor | | | | for the thing | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Patient for which=Theme | | 7 | **exaggerate** | past · perfect · passive | | the thing | | | | | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/7/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/7/29/) - ↑ back to [A Daughter of the Orient](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/7/)