--- title: The Emperor’s heart was melted within him as he looked upon her dist… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: The Emperor’s heart was melted within him as he looked upon her distress and heard her voice so full of anguish; and, telling her to rise and stand near him, he said, “You are indeed a filial daughter. Who acts: Emperor, You, Glory. 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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 (Emperor, You, Glory), 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:pg75089:7:33 # text = The Emperor’s heart was melted within him as he looked upon her distress and heard her voice so full of anguish; and, telling her to rise and stand near him, he said, “You are indeed a filial daughter. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ’s 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 melted melt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 within within ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 12 upon upon ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 distress distress NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 so so ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 ccomp _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 anguish anguish NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 26 telling tell VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 36 ccomp _ _ 27 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 iobj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 rise rise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 32 near near ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 38 “ " PUNCT `` _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 40 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 41 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 filial filial ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **melt** | past · passive | | the Emperor's heart | | | | within Emperor | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result | | 2 | **look** | past | Emperor | | | | | upon Glory's distress | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon distress=Theme | | 3 | **hear** | past | Emperor *not said here* | Glory's voice | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | Glory | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **rise** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **stand** | infinitive | | | | | | near Emperor | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent near he=Location | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Emperor | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | You | a filial daughter | | | | indeed *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **distress** | | Glory | | | | | | nom distress «feeling transitive»: poss=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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/7/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/7/34/) - ↑ back to [A Daughter of the Orient](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/7/)