Gleanings from Chinese folklore, A Chinese Hero, sentence 37
Although you, our Prince, will not believe us, we know if you let him go he will, in the end, be used by some other kingdom to destroy yours.”
Who acts: we, you, prince, other kingdom · What happens: not believe, know, let, go, use, destroy · To what, where: us, prince, end, yours
This is a sentence of «Gleanings from Chinese folklore» by Nellie Naomi Russell, A Chinese Hero. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (we, you, prince, other kingdom), 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 | Although | although | SCONJ | _ | 2 you | case |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 Prince | punct |
| 4 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 Prince | nmod:poss |
| 5 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 you | appos |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 believe | punct |
| 7 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 believe | aux |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 believe | advmod |
| 9 | believe | believe | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 you | parataxis |
| 10 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 believe | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 know | punct |
| 12 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 know | nsubj |
| 13 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 believe | parataxis |
| 14 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 16 let | mark |
| 15 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 16 let | nsubj |
| 16 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 know | ccomp |
| 17 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 let | obj |
| 18 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 let | xcomp |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 will | nsubj |
| 20 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 let | xcomp |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 end | punct |
| 22 | in | in | ADP | _ | 24 end | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 end | det |
| 24 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 let | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 used | punct |
| 26 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 27 used | aux:pass |
| 27 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 know | conj |
| 28 | by | by | ADP | _ | 31 kingdom | case |
| 29 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 31 kingdom | det |
| 30 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 kingdom | amod |
| 31 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 used | obl |
| 32 | to | to | PART | _ | 33 destroy | mark |
| 33 | destroy | destroy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 used | advcl |
| 34 | yours | your | PRON | Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 destroy | obj |
| 35 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 believe | punct |
| 36 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 believe | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not believe | future | us | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer we=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | know | present | we | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | let a condition, not said to happen | present | you | prince | in the end | tree rules | |||
| 4 | go | infinitive | prince not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | use | infinitive · passive | some other kingdom | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | destroy | to-infinitive | some other kingdom not said here | yours | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent your=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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