Table 8 Clause complex and cohesive chain analysis of an excerpt
From: Coherence in Hong Lou Meng and its English translations: an exploratory investigation
Clause ID | Clause | Logical relations | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ST_1_1 | 李纨 | 道: | 1 | ||||
Li Wan | said | ||||||
Li Wan said: | |||||||
ST_1_2 | “偏不许 | 你 | 去。 | “ | 2 | ||
Won’t let | you | go | |||||
“I won’t let you go. | |||||||
ST_2_1 | 显见得 | 只有 | 凤丫头, | x | β | ||
obviously | only | Feng | |||||
The only one matters to you is Feng, | |||||||
ST_2_2 | 就不听了。” | 我的 | 话 | α | |||
Don’t listen to | my | words | |||||
and you don’t listen to what I say.” [My translation] | |||||||
TT2_1_1 | ‘I won’t let you go!’ | “ | 1 | ||||
TT2_1_2 | said Li Wan. | 2 | |||||
TT2_2_1 | ‘The only person you ever take any notice of is that precious Feng of yours; | 1 | |||||
TT2_2_2 | you think | + | 2 | α | |||
TT2_2_3 | you don’t need to obey me; | ‘ | β | ||||
TT2_2_4 | but you shall.’ | + | 3 | ||||