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Gleanings from Chinese folklore, The Jade Treasure, sentence 6

He saw that, with polishing, it would be most beautiful; and, making his way to the city, he sought the gatekeeper of the Imperial Palace and asked to see his Emperor.

Who acts: workman, piece · What happens: see, polish, be, make, seek, ask · To what, where: that, way, gatekeeper, Emperor

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 (workman, piece), 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

nsubjobjpunctmarkconjpunctnsubjauxcopadvmodparataxispunctccpunctadvclnmod:possobjcasedetoblpunctnsubjparataxisdetobjcasedetcompoundnmodccconjmarkxcompnmod:possobjpunctrootHePRONsawVERBthatPRON,PUNCTwithSCONJpolishingVERB,PUNCTitPRONwouldAUXbeAUXmostADVbeautifulADJ;PUNCTandCCONJ,PUNCTmakingVERBhisPRONwayNOUNtoADPtheDETcityNOUN,PUNCThePRONsoughtVERBtheDETgatekeeperNOUNofADPtheDETImperialPROPNPalacePROPNandCCONJaskedVERBtoPARTseeVERBhisPRONEmperorPROPN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 sawnsubj
2sawseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3thatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem2 sawobj
4,,PUNCT_6 polishingpunct
5withwithSCONJ_6 polishingmark
6polishingpolishVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part2 sawconj
7,,PUNCT_12 beautifulpunct
8ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs12 beautifulnsubj
9wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin12 beautifulaux
10bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf12 beautifulcop
11mostmostADVDegree=Sup12 beautifuladvmod
12beautifulbeautifulADJDegree=Pos6 polishingparataxis
13;;PUNCT_24 soughtpunct
14andandCCONJ_24 soughtcc
15,,PUNCT_16 makingpunct
16makingmakeVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part24 soughtadvcl
17hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs18 waynmod:poss
18waywayNOUNNumber=Sing16 makingobj
19totoADP_21 citycase
20thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art21 citydet
21citycityNOUNNumber=Sing16 makingobl
22,,PUNCT_16 makingpunct
23hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs24 soughtnsubj
24soughtseekVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 sawparataxis
25thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art26 gatekeeperdet
26gatekeepergatekeeperNOUNNumber=Sing24 soughtobj
27ofofADP_30 Palacecase
28thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art30 Palacedet
29ImperialImperialPROPNNumber=Sing30 Palacecompound
30PalacePalacePROPNNumber=Sing26 gatekeepernmod
31andandCCONJ_32 askedcc
32askedaskVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin24 soughtconj
33totoPART_34 seemark
34seeseeVERBVerbForm=Inf32 askedxcomp
35hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs36 Emperornmod:poss
36EmperorEmperorPROPNNumber=Sing34 seeobj
37..PUNCT_2 sawpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1seepastworkmanthatvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus
2polishgerundworkman not said herevn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent
3iswouldpiecebeautiful propertytree rules
4makegerundworkman not said hereworkman's wayto the cityvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset way=Product
5seekpastworkmanthe gatekeeper of the Imperial Palacevn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gatekeeper=Theme
6ask speech: askpastworkman not said herevn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
7see not said to happento-infinitiveworkman not said hereworkman's Emperorvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer emperor=Stimulus

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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