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Gleanings from Chinese folklore, A Story of Old China, part 1, sentence 59

“Who are you, and how do you dare to come into this inner court?” and then turning to a servant, she said, “Call your master.”

Who acts: you, Yü · What happens: be, dare, come, turn, say, call · To what, where: you, inner court, servant, master · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Gleanings from Chinese folklore» by Nellie Naomi Russell, A Story of Old China, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, Yü), 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

punctnsubjcoppunctccadvmodauxnsubjparataxismarkxcompcasedetamodoblpunctpunctccadvmodconjcasedetoblpunctnsubjparataxispunctpunctccompnmod:possobjpunctpunctroot“PUNCTWhoPRONareAUXyouPRON,PUNCTandCCONJhowADVdoAUXyouPRONdareVERBtoPARTcomeVERBintoADPthisDETinnerADJcourtNOUN?PUNCT”PUNCTandCCONJthenADVturningVERBtoADPaDETservantNOUN,PUNCTshePRONsaidVERB,PUNCT“PUNCTCallVERByourPRONmasterNOUN.PUNCT”PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1“"PUNCT_4 youpunct
2WhowhoPRONPronType=Rel4 younsubj
3arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 youcop
4youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prsrootroot
5,,PUNCT_10 darepunct
6andandCCONJ_10 darecc
7howhowADVPronType=Int10 dareadvmod
8dodoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin10 dareaux
9youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs10 darensubj
10daredareVERBVerbForm=Inf4 youparataxis
11totoPART_12 comemark
12comecomeVERBVerbForm=Inf10 darexcomp
13intointoADP_16 courtcase
14thisthisDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem16 courtdet
15innerinnerADJDegree=Pos16 courtamod
16courtcourtNOUNNumber=Sing12 comeobl
17??PUNCT_16 courtpunct
18”"PUNCT_16 courtpunct
19andandCCONJ_21 turningcc
20thenthenADVPronType=Dem21 turningadvmod
21turningturnVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part12 comeconj
22totoADP_24 servantcase
23aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art24 servantdet
24servantservantNOUNNumber=Sing21 turningobl
25,,PUNCT_27 saidpunct
26sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs27 saidnsubj
27saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 dareparataxis
28,,PUNCT_30 Callpunct
29“"PUNCT_30 Callpunct
30CallcallVERBVerbForm=Inf27 saidccomp
31youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs32 masternmod:poss
32mastermasterNOUNNumber=Sing30 Callobj
33..PUNCT_30 Callpunct
34”"PUNCT_30 Callpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is a in a quotepresentyouWho nsubjtree rules
2dare in a quotepresent · do-supportyouvn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3come in a quoteto-infinitiveyou not said herethis inner courtvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into court=Initial_Location
4turngerundyou not said herea servantthenvn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to servant=Trajectory
5say speech: askpastYüvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6call in a quoteinfinitiveyour mastervn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent master=Recipient

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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