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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | At | at | ADP | _ | 2 last | case |
| 2 | last | last | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 declared | obl |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 declared | nsubj |
| 4 | declared | declare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 rage | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 rage | det |
| 7 | rage | rage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 declared | obl |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 29 produced | obj |
| 9 | unless | unless | SCONJ | _ | 11 poem | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 poem | det |
| 11 | poem | poem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 produced | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 set | nsubj:pass |
| 13 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 set | aux |
| 14 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 15 set | aux:pass |
| 15 | set | set | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 poem | acl:relcl |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 music | case |
| 17 | music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 set | obl |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 sung | cc |
| 19 | sung | sing | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 set | conj |
| 20 | by | by | ADP | _ | 22 ladies | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 ladies | det |
| 22 | ladies | lady | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 sung | obl |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 palace | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 palace | det |
| 25 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 ladies | nmod |
| 26 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 29 produced | aux |
| 27 | immediately | immediately | ADV | _ | 29 produced | advmod |
| 28 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 29 produced | aux:pass |
| 29 | produced | produce | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 rage | acl:relcl |
| 30 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 29 produced | advmod |
| 31 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 36 men | aux |
| 32 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 36 men | advmod |
| 33 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 36 men | cop |
| 34 | fewer | few | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 36 men | amod |
| 35 | literary | literary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 men | amod |
| 36 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 declared | obj |
| 37 | in | in | ADP | _ | 39 country | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 country | det |
| 39 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 men | nmod |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 commanded | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 commanded | cc |
| 42 | commanded | command | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 declared | conj |
| 43 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 minister | nmod:poss |
| 44 | minister | minister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 commanded | obj |
| 45 | to | to | PART | _ | 46 see | mark |
| 46 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 42 commanded | advcl |
| 47 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 53 carried | mark |
| 48 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 wishes | nmod:poss |
| 49 | wishes | wish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 53 carried | nsubj:pass |
| 50 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 53 carried | aux:pass |
| 51 | at | at | ADP | _ | 52 once | case |
| 52 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 53 carried | obl |
| 53 | carried | carry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 46 see | advcl |
| 54 | out | out | ADP | _ | 53 carried | compound:prt |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 declared | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | declare speech: other | past | Emperor | last | in a rage | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | |||
| 2 | set | could · passive | a poem | to music | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result | ||||
| 3 | sing speech: express | participle | by the ladies of the palace | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by lady=Location | |||||
| 4 | produce | should · passive | a poem | there | a rage obj; immediately property | tree rules | |||
| 5 | is a | would | fewer literary men | the country | soon property | tree rules | |||
| 6 | command | past | Emperor not said here | Emperor's minister | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent minister=Eventuality | ||||
| 7 | see | to-infinitive | Emperor not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 8 | carry out | past · passive | Emperor's wishes | vn act-114 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | |||||
| 9 | wish | Emperor | nom 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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