--- title: At this Chin Pa laughed loud and long, but seeing the anxious and se… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: At this Chin Pa laughed loud and long, but seeing the anxious and serious faces of the teachers he said, “I will take some soldiers and go after him, and if you wish I will kill him.” Who acts: prince, you. 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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 (prince, you), 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:pg75089:9:38 # text = At this Chin Pa laughed loud and long, but seeing the anxious and serious faces of the teachers he said, “I will take some soldiers and go after him, and if you wish I will kill him.” 1 At at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 3 Chin Chin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 Pa Pa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 5 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 11 seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 21 csubj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 13 anxious anxious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 serious serious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ _ 16 faces face NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 teachers teacher NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 “ " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ _ 27 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 28 det _ _ 28 soldiers soldier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 31 after after ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 35 if if SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | past | | | | Chin Pa this | | loud *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **see** | gerund | | the anxious faces of the teachers | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer face=Stimulus | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | prince | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **take** *in a quote* | future | prince | some soldiers | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soldier=Theme | | 5 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | prince *not said here* | | | | after prince | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **wish** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 7 | **kill** *in a quote* | future | prince | prince | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/9/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/9/39/) - ↑ back to [A Chinese Hero](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/9/)