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Gleanings from Chinese folklore, The Jade Treasure, sentence 43

At the feast nothing was said of the cities, though he inquired about them, and at last he pointedly asked, “Prince of the Great Chin, do you know what it is in the jade that makes it the most beautiful the gods have made?”

Who acts: minister, you, jade · What happens: say, inquire, ask, know, be, make · To what, where: nothing, Prince, last, jade, gods · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Gleanings from Chinese folklore» by Nellie Naomi Russell, The Jade Treasure. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (minister, you, jade), 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

casedetcompoundoblaux:passcasedetoblpunctmarknsubjparataxiscaseoblpunctcccaseoblnsubjadvmodacl:relclpunctpunctoblcasedetamodnmodpunctauxnsubjconjnsubjnsubjcopcasedetccompnsubjacl:relclobjdetadvmodxcompdetnsubj:passauxacl:relclpunctpunctrootAtADPtheDETfeastNOUNnothingPRONwasAUXsaidVERBofADPtheDETcitiesNOUN,PUNCTthoughSCONJhePRONinquiredVERBaboutADPthemPRON,PUNCTandCCONJatADPlastNOUNhePRONpointedlyADVaskedVERB,PUNCT“PUNCTPrincePROPNofADPtheDETGreatADJChinPROPN,PUNCTdoAUXyouPRONknowVERBwhatPRONitPRONisAUXinADPtheDETjadeNOUNthatPRONmakesVERBitPRONtheDETmostADVbeautifulADJtheDETgodsNOUNhaveAUXmadeVERB?PUNCT”PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AtatADP_4 nothingcase
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 nothingdet
3feastfeastNOUNNumber=Sing4 nothingcompound
4nothingnothingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg6 saidobl
5wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 saidaux:pass
6saidsayVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
7ofofADP_9 citiescase
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 citiesdet
9citiescityNOUNNumber=Plur6 saidobl
10,,PUNCT_13 inquiredpunct
11thoughthoughSCONJ_13 inquiredmark
12hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs13 inquirednsubj
13inquiredinquireVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 saidparataxis
14aboutaboutADP_15 themcase
15themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs13 inquiredobl
16,,PUNCT_33 knowpunct
17andandCCONJ_33 knowcc
18atatADP_19 lastcase
19lastlastNOUNNumber=Sing33 knowobl
20hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs22 askednsubj
21pointedlypointedlyADV_22 askedadvmod
22askedaskVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin19 lastacl:relcl
23,,PUNCT_25 Princepunct
24“"PUNCT_25 Princepunct
25PrincePrincePROPNNumber=Sing22 askedobl
26ofofADP_29 Chincase
27thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art29 Chindet
28GreatgreatADJDegree=Pos29 Chinamod
29ChinChinPROPNNumber=Sing25 Princenmod
30,,PUNCT_19 lastpunct
31dodoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin33 knowaux
32youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs33 knownsubj
33knowknowVERBVerbForm=Inf13 inquiredconj
34whatwhatPRONPronType=Int39 jadensubj
35ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs39 jadensubj
36isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin39 jadecop
37ininADP_39 jadecase
38thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art39 jadedet
39jadejadeNOUNNumber=Sing33 knowccomp
40thatthatPRONPronType=Rel41 makesnsubj
41makesmakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin39 jadeacl:relcl
42ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs41 makesobj
43thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art45 beautifuldet
44mostmostADVDegree=Sup45 beautifuladvmod
45beautifulbeautifulADJDegree=Pos41 makesxcomp
46thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art47 godsdet
47godsgodNOUNNumber=Plur49 madensubj:pass
48havehaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin49 madeaux
49mademakeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass45 beautifulacl:relcl
50??PUNCT_45 beautifulpunct
51”"PUNCT_6 saidpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpast · passivenothingof the citiesvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»
2inquire speech: otherpastministerabout residents = residentvn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.topic whether S»: agent=Agent about they=Topic
3ask speech: askpastministerPrince of the Great Chinpointedly propertyvn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent last=Recipient
4know in a quotepresent · do-supportyoulastvn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
5is in a quotepresentthe jadewhat nsubj; last nsubjtree rules
6make in a quotepresentthe jadelastbeautiful propertyvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product
7make in a quotepresent · perfect · passivethe godsvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

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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