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title: When Chin Pa came up and saw him there he smiled to himself and call… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics
description: When Chin Pa came up and saw him there he smiled to himself and called to his men to remount, and away they went back to the castle, laughing and making merry over the thought that any one who would sleep in such a position, could rend the kingdom away from their great Prince. Who acts: Chin, feet, 
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# Gleanings from Chinese folklore, A Chinese Hero, sentence 42

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When Chin Pa came up and saw him there he smiled to himself and called to his men to remount, and away they went back to the castle, laughing and making merry over the thought that any one who would sleep in such a position, could rend the kingdom away from their great Prince.

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**Who acts:** Chin, feet, one · **What happens:** come up, see, smile, call, remount, go back · **To what, where:** Chin, men, thought, position, kingdom · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Gleanings from Chinese folklore» by Nellie Naomi Russell, A Chinese Hero. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Chin, feet, one), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg75089:9:42
# text = When Chin Pa came up and saw him there he smiled to himself and called to his men to remount, and away they went back to the castle, laughing and making merry over the thought that any one who would sleep in such a position, could rend the kingdom away from their great Prince.
1	When	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	4	mark	_	_
2	Chin	Chin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	Pa	Pa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	_
4	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
5	up	up	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	smiled	smile	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	11	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	remount	remount	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
23	away	away	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
24	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
25	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
26	back	back	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
27	to	to	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
31	laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	25	advcl	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
33	making	make	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	31	conj	_	_
34	merry	merry	ADV	RB	_	33	advmod	_	_
35	over	over	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	thought	thought	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	_
38	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	40	mark	_	_
39	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	40	det	_	_
40	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	appos	_	_
41	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	43	nsubj	_	_
42	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	43	aux	_	_
43	sleep	sleep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	40	acl:relcl	_	_
44	in	in	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
45	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	47	det:predet	_	_
46	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	position	position	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
49	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	50	aux	_	_
50	rend	rend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	obj	_	_
53	away	away	ADV	RB	_	50	advmod	_	_
54	from	from	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
55	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	57	nmod:poss	_	_
56	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	57	amod	_	_
57	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	53	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come up** | past | Chin |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | past |  | Chin |  | there |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
| 3 | **smile** | past | Chin |  | Chin |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient |
| 4 | **call** | past | Chin *not said here* |  | Chin's men |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to man=Recipient |
| 5 | **remount** | to-infinitive | Chin *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **go back** | past | feet *= foot* |  |  |  |  | to the castle *result*; away *property* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to castle=Result |
| 7 | **laugh** | gerund | feet *= foot* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **make** | gerund | feet *= foot* *not said here* |  |  | the thought |  | merry *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 9 | **sleep** | would | any one |  |  | such position |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in position=Location |
| 10 | **rend** | could |  | the kingdom |  |  |  | away *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Patient |

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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.

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**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.

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