--- title: At last Chang Lang came one night to the tent of Han Hsin and said,… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: At last Chang Lang came one night to the tent of Han Hsin and said, “I have found a way, and, as there is a fine wind and it is on the eve of a battle, I will try my new scheme.” Who acts: last Chang, fine wind, wind, my. 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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 (last Chang, fine wind, wind, my), 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:pg75089:9:79 # text = At last Chang Lang came one night to the tent of Han Hsin and said, “I have found a way, and, as there is a fine wind and it is on the eve of a battle, I will try my new scheme.” 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Chang Chang PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 Lang Lang PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 flat _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 tent tent NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Han Han PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 Hsin Hsin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 flat _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 “ " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 parataxis _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 28 expl _ _ 28 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 advcl _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 34 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 35 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 eve eve NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 45 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 46 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 scheme scheme NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | last Chang | | | the tent of Han | night | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to tent=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | last Chang *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **find** *in a quote* | present · perfect | last Chang *= chang* | a way | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **be** *in a quote* | present | a fine wind | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | wind | | | the eve | | of a battle | tree rules | | 6 | **try** *in a quote* | future | last Chang *= chang* | my new scheme | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scheme=Eventuality | | 7 | **scheme** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom scheme «cognition 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 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/9/78/) - next →: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/9/80/) - ↑ back to [A Chinese Hero](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/9/)