--- title: He was not strong enough to draw her out, and no one was near, so he… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: He was not strong enough to draw her out, and no one was near, so he found a stone and beat with all his strength on the barrel until he made a hole in it near the bottom, and the water running out, the life of the woman was saved. Who acts: Han, one, water. 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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 (Han, one, water), 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:pg75089:9:16 # text = He was not strong enough to draw her out, and no one was near, so he found a stone and beat with all his strength on the barrel until he made a hole in it near the bottom, and the water running out, the life of the woman was saved. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 enough enough ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 draw draw VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 out out ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 13 det _ _ 13 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 near near ADV RB _ 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 so so ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 beat beat NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 27 det:predet _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 barrel barrel NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 until until SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nmod _ _ 38 near near ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nsubj:pass _ _ 45 running run VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 44 acl _ _ 46 out out ADP RP _ 45 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 conj _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ _ 53 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 aux:pass _ _ 54 saved save VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | past | Han | | | | | enough, strong *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **draw out** | to-infinitive | Han *not said here* | woman | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | no one | | | | | near *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **find** | past | Han | a stone and beat | | | | with Han's strength on the barrel | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Topic | | 5 | **make** | past | Han | a hole | | barrel | | near the bottom | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hole=Product | | 6 | **run out** | gerund | the water and the life of the woman *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **save** | past · passive | | the water and the life of the woman | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/9/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/9/17/) - ↑ back to [A Chinese Hero](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/9/)