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Gleanings from Chinese folklore, A Chinese Hero, sentence 42

When Chin Pa came up and saw him there he smiled to himself and called to his men to remount, and away they went back to the castle, laughing and making merry over the thought that any one who would sleep in such a position, could rend the kingdom away from their great Prince.

Who acts: Chin, feet, one · What happens: come up, see, smile, call, remount, go back · To what, where: Chin, men, thought, position, kingdom · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (Chin, feet, one), 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

marknsubjflatadvcladvmodccobjadvmodnsubjparataxiscaseoblccconjcasenmod:possoblmarkaclpunctccadvmodnsubjconjadvmodcasedetoblpunctadvclccconjadvmodcasedetoblmarkdetapposnsubjauxacl:relclcasedet:predetdetoblpunctauxconjdetobjadvmodcasenmod:possamodoblpunctrootWhenSCONJChinPROPNPaPROPNcameVERBupADVandCCONJsawVERBhimPRONthereADVhePRONsmiledVERBtoADPhimselfPRONandCCONJcalledVERBtoADPhisPRONmenNOUNtoPARTremountVERB,PUNCTandCCONJawayADVtheyPRONwentVERBbackADVtoADPtheDETcastleNOUN,PUNCTlaughingVERBandCCONJmakingVERBmerryADVoverADPtheDETthoughtNOUNthatSCONJanyDEToneNOUNwhoPRONwouldAUXsleepVERBinADPsuchDETaDETpositionNOUN,PUNCTcouldAUXrendVERBtheDETkingdomNOUNawayADVfromADPtheirPRONgreatADJPrincePROPN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhenwhenSCONJ_4 camemark
2ChinChinPROPNNumber=Sing4 camensubj
3PaPaPROPNNumber=Sing2 Chinflat
4camecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 sawadvcl
5upupADV_4 cameadvmod
6andandCCONJ_7 sawcc
7sawseeVERBMood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
8himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 sawobj
9therethereADVPronType=Dem7 sawadvmod
10hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs11 smilednsubj
11smiledsmileVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 sawparataxis
12totoADP_13 himselfcase
13himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes11 smiledobl
14andandCCONJ_15 calledcc
15calledcallVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin11 smiledconj
16totoADP_18 mencase
17hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs18 mennmod:poss
18menmanNOUNNumber=Plur15 calledobl
19totoPART_20 remountmark
20remountremountVERBVerbForm=Inf18 menacl
21,,PUNCT_25 wentpunct
22andandCCONJ_25 wentcc
23awayawayADV_25 wentadvmod
24theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs25 wentnsubj
25wentgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 sawconj
26backbackADV_25 wentadvmod
27totoADP_29 castlecase
28thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art29 castledet
29castlecastleNOUNNumber=Sing25 wentobl
30,,PUNCT_31 laughingpunct
31laughinglaughVERBVerbForm=Ger25 wentadvcl
32andandCCONJ_33 makingcc
33makingmakeVERBVerbForm=Ger31 laughingconj
34merrymerryADV_33 makingadvmod
35overoverADP_37 thoughtcase
36thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art37 thoughtdet
37thoughtthoughtNOUNNumber=Sing33 makingobl
38thatthatSCONJ_40 onemark
39anyanyDETPronType=Ind40 onedet
40oneoneNOUNNumber=Sing37 thoughtappos
41whowhoPRONPronType=Rel43 sleepnsubj
42wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin43 sleepaux
43sleepsleepVERBVerbForm=Inf40 oneacl:relcl
44ininADP_47 positioncase
45suchsuchDETPronType=Ind47 positiondet:predet
46aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art47 positiondet
47positionpositionNOUNNumber=Sing43 sleepobl
48,,PUNCT_50 rendpunct
49couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin50 rendaux
50rendrendVERBVerbForm=Inf7 sawconj
51thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art52 kingdomdet
52kingdomkingdomNOUNNumber=Sing50 rendobj
53awayawayADV_50 rendadvmod
54fromfromADP_57 Princecase
55theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs57 Princenmod:poss
56greatgreatADJDegree=Pos57 Princeamod
57PrincePrincePROPNNumber=Sing53 awayobl
58..PUNCT_7 sawpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1come uppastChinvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2seepastChintherevn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
3smilepastChinChinvn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient
4callpastChin not said hereChin's menvn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to man=Recipient
5remountto-infinitiveChin not said heretree rules
6go backpastfeet = footto the castle result; away propertyvn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to castle=Result
7laughgerundfeet = foot not said herevn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8makegerundfeet = foot not said herethe thoughtmerry propertyvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
9sleepwouldany onesuch positionvn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in position=Location
10rendcouldthe kingdomaway propertyvn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=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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