Gleanings from Chinese folklore, The Jade Treasure, sentence 52
When he came to the court where the Minister of Chou was confined, he managed to communicate with him and let him know that he was a countryman of his and would take the treasure home.
Who acts: stranger · What happens: come, confine, manage, communicate, let, know · To what, where: court, Minister, stranger, countryman, treasure · 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 (stranger), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 came | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 came | nsubj |
| 3 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 managed | advcl |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 court | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 court | det |
| 6 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 came | obl |
| 7 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 13 confined | advmod |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Minister | det |
| 9 | Minister | Minister | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 confined | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 Chou | case |
| 11 | Chou | Chou | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Minister | nmod |
| 12 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 confined | aux:pass |
| 13 | confined | confine | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 court | acl:relcl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 came | punct |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 managed | nsubj |
| 16 | managed | manage | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 communicate | mark |
| 18 | communicate | communicate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 managed | xcomp |
| 19 | with | with | ADP | _ | 20 him | case |
| 20 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 communicate | obl |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 let | cc |
| 22 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 communicate | conj |
| 23 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 let | obj |
| 24 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 let | xcomp |
| 25 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 29 countryman | mark |
| 26 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 countryman | nsubj |
| 27 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 countryman | cop |
| 28 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 29 countryman | det |
| 29 | countryman | countryman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 know | ccomp |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 his | case |
| 31 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 countryman | nmod:poss |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 take | cc |
| 33 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 34 take | aux |
| 34 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 31 his | conj |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 treasure | det |
| 36 | treasure | treasure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 take | obj |
| 37 | home | home | ADV | _ | 34 take | advmod |
| 38 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 managed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | stranger | the court | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to court=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | confine | past · passive | the Minister of Chou | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 3 | manage | past | stranger | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | communicate | to-infinitive | stranger not said here | with stranger | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme whether S»: agent=Agent with he=Co-Agent | ||||
| 5 | let | infinitive | stranger not said here | stranger | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | know | infinitive | stranger not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 7 | is a | past | stranger | stranger's countryman | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | take | would | stranger not said here | the treasure | home property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treasure=Theme |
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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