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Gleanings from Chinese folklore, A Chinese Tea-house Story, sentence 5

At last he declared in a rage that unless a poem that could be set to music and sung by the ladies of the palace should immediately be produced there would soon be fewer literary men in the country, and commanded his minister to see that his wishes were at once carried out.

Who acts: Emperor · What happens: declare, set, sing, produce, be, command · To what, where: last, poem, fewer literary men, country, minister, wishes · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Gleanings from Chinese folklore» by Nellie Naomi Russell, A Chinese Tea-house Story. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Emperor), 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

caseoblnsubjcasedetoblobjcasedetnsubj:passnsubj:passauxaux:passacl:relclcaseoblccconjcasedetoblcasedetnmodauxadvmodaux:passacl:relcladvmodauxadvmodcopamodamodobjcasedetnmodpunctccconjnmod:possobjmarkadvclmarknmod:possnsubj:passaux:passcaseobladvclcompound:prtpunctrootAtADPlastNOUNhePRONdeclaredVERBinADPaDETrageNOUNthatPRONunlessSCONJaDETpoemNOUNthatPRONcouldAUXbeAUXsetVERBtoADPmusicNOUNandCCONJsungVERBbyADPtheDETladiesNOUNofADPtheDETpalaceNOUNshouldAUXimmediatelyADVbeAUXproducedVERBthereADVwouldAUXsoonADVbeAUXfewerADJliteraryADJmenNOUNinADPtheDETcountryNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJcommandedVERBhisPRONministerNOUNtoPARTseeVERBthatSCONJhisPRONwishesNOUNwereAUXatADPonceADVcarriedVERBoutADP.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AtatADP_2 lastcase
2lastlastNOUNNumber=Sing4 declaredobl
3hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 declarednsubj
4declareddeclareVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5ininADP_7 ragecase
6aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art7 ragedet
7ragerageNOUNNumber=Sing4 declaredobl
8thatthatPRONPronType=Rel29 producedobj
9unlessunlessSCONJ_11 poemcase
10aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art11 poemdet
11poempoemNOUNNumber=Sing29 producednsubj:pass
12thatthatPRONPronType=Rel15 setnsubj:pass
13couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin15 setaux
14bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf15 setaux:pass
15setsetVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass11 poemacl:relcl
16totoADP_17 musiccase
17musicmusicNOUNNumber=Sing15 setobl
18andandCCONJ_19 sungcc
19sungsingVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass15 setconj
20bybyADP_22 ladiescase
21thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art22 ladiesdet
22ladiesladyNOUNNumber=Plur19 sungobl
23ofofADP_25 palacecase
24thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art25 palacedet
25palacepalaceNOUNNumber=Sing22 ladiesnmod
26shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin29 producedaux
27immediatelyimmediatelyADV_29 producedadvmod
28bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf29 producedaux:pass
29producedproduceVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass7 rageacl:relcl
30therethereADVPronType=Dem29 producedadvmod
31wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin36 menaux
32soonsoonADVDegree=Pos36 menadvmod
33bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf36 mencop
34fewerfewADJDegree=Cmp36 menamod
35literaryliteraryADJDegree=Pos36 menamod
36menmanNOUNNumber=Plur4 declaredobj
37ininADP_39 countrycase
38thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art39 countrydet
39countrycountryNOUNNumber=Sing36 mennmod
40,,PUNCT_42 commandedpunct
41andandCCONJ_42 commandedcc
42commandedcommandVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 declaredconj
43hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs44 ministernmod:poss
44ministerministerNOUNNumber=Sing42 commandedobj
45totoPART_46 seemark
46seeseeVERBVerbForm=Inf42 commandedadvcl
47thatthatSCONJ_53 carriedmark
48hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs49 wishesnmod:poss
49wisheswishNOUNNumber=Plur53 carriednsubj:pass
50werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin53 carriedaux:pass
51atatADP_52 oncecase
52onceonceADVNumForm=Word NumType=Mult53 carriedobl
53carriedcarryVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass46 seeadvcl
54outoutADP_53 carriedcompound:prt
55..PUNCT_4 declaredpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1declare speech: otherpastEmperorlastin a ragevn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2setcould · passivea poemto musicvn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result
3sing speech: expressparticipleby the ladies of the palacevn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by lady=Location
4produceshould · passivea poemtherea rage obj; immediately propertytree rules
5is awouldfewer literary menthe countrysoon propertytree rules
6commandpastEmperor not said hereEmperor's ministervn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent minister=Eventuality
7seeto-infinitiveEmperor not said herevn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
8carry outpast · passiveEmperor's wishesvn act-114 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
9wishEmperornom wish «feeling intransitive»: 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.

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