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Gleanings from Chinese folklore, A Story of Old China, part 4, sentence 68

“You great traitor to your country; you crafty minister; you control and insult the Emperor, hold under as slaves all officials of the Empire; you oppressor of the people, your sun is set.

Who acts: you, people · What happens: minister, control, insult, hold, oppressor, set · To what, where: Emperor, slaves, sun, great traitor

This is a sentence of «Gleanings from Chinese folklore» by Nellie Naomi Russell, A Story of Old China, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, people), 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

punctnsubjamodcasenmod:possnmodpunctnsubjamodconjpunctnsubjparataxisccconjdetobjpunctconjcasecaseobldetconjcasedetnmodpunctnsubjoblcasedetnmodpunctnmod:possnsubj:passaux:passacl:relclpunctroot“PUNCTYouPRONgreatADJtraitorNOUNtoADPyourPRONcountryNOUN;PUNCTyouPRONcraftyADJministerNOUN;PUNCTyouPRONcontrolVERBandCCONJinsultVERBtheDETEmperorPROPN,PUNCTholdVERBunderADPasADPslavesNOUNallDETofficialsNOUNofADPtheDETEmpirePROPN;PUNCTyouPRONoppressorNOUNofADPtheDETpeopleNOUN,PUNCTyourPRONsunNOUNisAUXsetVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1“"PUNCT_4 traitorpunct
2YouyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs4 traitornsubj
3greatgreatADJDegree=Pos4 traitoramod
4traitortraitorNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
5totoADP_7 countrycase
6youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs7 countrynmod:poss
7countrycountryNOUNNumber=Sing4 traitornmod
8;;PUNCT_11 ministerpunct
9youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs11 ministernsubj
10craftycraftyADJDegree=Pos11 ministeramod
11ministerministerNOUNNumber=Sing4 traitorconj
12;;PUNCT_14 controlpunct
13youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs14 controlnsubj
14controlcontrolVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 traitorparataxis
15andandCCONJ_16 insultcc
16insultinsultVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin14 controlconj
17thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art18 Emperordet
18EmperorEmperorPROPNNumber=Sing16 insultobj
19,,PUNCT_20 holdpunct
20holdholdVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin14 controlconj
21underunderADP_23 slavescase
22asasADP_23 slavescase
23slavesslaveNOUNNumber=Plur20 holdobl
24allallDETPronType=Tot25 officialsdet
25officialsofficialNOUNNumber=Plur23 slavesconj
26ofofADP_28 Empirecase
27thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art28 Empiredet
28EmpireEmpirePROPNNumber=Sing25 officialsnmod
29;;PUNCT_31 oppressorpunct
30youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs31 oppressornsubj
31oppressoroppressorNOUNNumber=Sing14 controlobl
32ofofADP_34 peoplecase
33thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art34 peopledet
34peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur31 oppressornmod
35,,PUNCT_34 peoplepunct
36youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs37 sunnmod:poss
37sunsunNOUNNumber=Sing39 setnsubj:pass
38isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin39 setaux:pass
39setsetVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass34 peopleacl:relcl
40..PUNCT_4 traitorpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1minister in a quoteyoutree rules
2control in a quotepresentyouvn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3insult in a quotepresentyou not said herethe Emperorvn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus emperor=Experiencer
4hold in a quotepresentyou not said hereslaves and all officials of the Empirevn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under slave=Location
5oppressor in a quoteyouof the peopletree rules
6set in a quotepresent · passivethe people not said hereyour sunvn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result

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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