--- title: Now when Han Hsin, in bitterness of heart, was driven from the court… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: Now when Han Hsin, in bitterness of heart, was driven from the court he took the road leading to the mountains, and was part way up when, chancing to look back, he saw the mounted band coming. Who acts: Han, road, mounted band. 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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, road, mounted band), 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:pg75089:9:39 # text = Now when Han Hsin, in bitterness of heart, was driven from the court he took the road leading to the mountains, and was part way up when, chancing to look back, he saw the mounted band coming. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 12 mark _ _ 3 Han Han PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 Hsin Hsin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 bitterness bitterness NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 driven drive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 advcl _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 leading lead VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 19 acl _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 27 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 29 up up ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 chancing chance VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 back back ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 mounted mount VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 amod _ _ 41 band band NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 42 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 38 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drive** | past · passive | | Han | | the court | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme from court=Trajectory | | 2 | **take** | past | Han | the road | | | now | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Theme | | 3 | **lead** | gerund | the road *not said here* | | | | | to the mountains | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to mountain=Patient | | 4 | **is a** | past | | part way | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **chance** | gerund | Han *not said here* | | | | | | vn risk-94-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **look back** | to-infinitive | Han *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 7 | **see** | past | Han | the mounted band | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **mount** | participle | | | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **come** | gerund | the mounted band *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/9/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/9/40/) - ↑ back to [A Chinese Hero](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/9/)