Gleanings from Chinese folklore, A Tartar Joan of Arc, sentence 17
One day the general of the northern Sung dynasty, Kao Chun Pao, on his way to report to the Emperor, crossed the pass and seeing the tablet read the inscription, and in disgust broke the slab into bits, saying, “Is it possible that in our great land there is a woman with so little self-respect as thus to proclaim her want of feminine delicacy?
Who acts: general, seeing, tablet, woman, Ting · What happens: report, cross, see, read, break, say · To what, where: pass, tablet, inscription, slab, disgust, great land · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Gleanings from Chinese folklore» by Nellie Naomi Russell, A Tartar Joan of Arc. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (general, seeing, tablet, woman), 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 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 day | nummod |
| 2 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 crossed | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 general | det |
| 4 | general | general | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 crossed | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 dynasty | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 dynasty | det |
| 7 | northern | northern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 dynasty | amod |
| 8 | Sung | Sung | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 dynasty | compound |
| 9 | dynasty | dynasty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 general | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 Kao | punct |
| 11 | Kao | Kao | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 dynasty | appos |
| 12 | Chun | Chun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Kao | flat |
| 13 | Pao | Pao | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Kao | flat |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 way | punct |
| 15 | on | on | ADP | _ | 17 way | case |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 way | nmod:poss |
| 17 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 Kao | appos |
| 18 | to | to | PART | _ | 19 report | mark |
| 19 | report | report | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 way | acl |
| 20 | to | to | ADP | _ | 22 Emperor | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 Emperor | det |
| 22 | Emperor | Emperor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 report | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 Kao | punct |
| 24 | crossed | cross | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 pass | det |
| 26 | pass | pass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 crossed | obj |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 read | cc |
| 28 | seeing | see | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 31 read | csubj |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 tablet | det |
| 30 | tablet | tablet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 seeing | obj |
| 31 | read | read | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 crossed | conj |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 inscription | det |
| 33 | inscription | inscription | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 read | obj |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 broke | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 broke | cc |
| 36 | in | in | ADP | _ | 37 disgust | case |
| 37 | disgust | disgust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 broke | obl |
| 38 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 crossed | parataxis |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 slab | det |
| 40 | slab | slab | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 broke | obj |
| 41 | into | into | ADP | _ | 42 bits | case |
| 42 | bits | bit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 broke | obl |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 saying | punct |
| 44 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 38 broke | advcl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 possible | punct |
| 46 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 49 possible | punct |
| 47 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 49 possible | cop |
| 48 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 possible | nsubj |
| 49 | possible | possible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 saying | ccomp |
| 50 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 56 is | mark |
| 51 | in | in | ADP | _ | 54 land | case |
| 52 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 54 land | nmod:poss |
| 53 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 54 land | amod |
| 54 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 is | obl |
| 55 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 56 is | expl |
| 56 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 49 possible | advcl |
| 57 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 58 woman | det |
| 58 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 is | nsubj |
| 59 | with | with | ADP | _ | 64 respect | case |
| 60 | so | so | ADV | _ | 61 little | advmod |
| 61 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 64 respect | amod |
| 62 | self | self | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 respect | compound |
| 63 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 62 self | punct |
| 64 | respect | respect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 saying | obl |
| 65 | as | as | ADP | _ | 66 thus | case |
| 66 | thus | thus | ADV | _ | 68 proclaim | obl |
| 67 | to | to | PART | _ | 68 proclaim | mark |
| 68 | proclaim | proclaim | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 44 saying | ccomp |
| 69 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 70 want | nmod:poss |
| 70 | want | want | NOUN | Number=Sing | 68 proclaim | obj |
| 71 | of | of | ADP | _ | 73 delicacy | case |
| 72 | feminine | feminine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 73 delicacy | amod |
| 73 | delicacy | delicacy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 70 want | nmod |
| 74 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 24 crossed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | report | to-infinitive | the general of the northern Sung dynasty not said here | to the Emperor | vn subordinate-95.2.1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to emperor=Co-Agent | ||||
| 2 | cross | past | the general of the northern Sung dynasty | the pass | day | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pass=Patient | |||
| 3 | see | gerund | the tablet | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tablet=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | read | past | seeing | the inscription | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inscription=Topic | ||||
| 5 | break | past | the slab | disgust | into bits result | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent slab=Patient into bit=Result | |||
| 6 | say speech: ask | gerund | with little self respect | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 7 | is in a quote | present | tablet | possible property | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | be in a quote | present | a woman | our great land; there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in land=Location | ||||
| 9 | proclaim in a quote | to-infinitive | Ting's want of feminine delicacy | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent want=Theme as thus=Attribute | |||||
| 10 | want in a quote | Ting | feminine delicacy | nom want «state transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |
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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