《太平广记·卷二百五十九·嗤鄙二》
在国忌日的时候，是要停止一切公务和活动的，可他竟饮酒唱歌还用木棍打人，因而被小官吏们告发。
国忌日废务，饮酒唱歌杖人，为吏所讼。
On the national holidays, all official duties and activities were to cease, but he dared to drink wine and sing and even used a wooden stick to beat people, thus being reported by petty officials.
<s>[INST] Analyze the grammatical structure of the following Classical Chinese sentence and provide its English translation: 国忌日废务，饮酒唱歌杖人，为吏所讼。 [/INST]

**Grammatical analysis:**

**国 (guó):** noun, "nation"

**忌日 (jì rì):** noun, "memorial day, holiday"

**废务 (fèi wù):** verb phrase, "to cease activities"

**饮酒 (yǐnjiǔ):** verb phrase, "to drink wine"

**唱歌 (chàng gē):** verb phrase, "to sing"

**杖人 (zhàng rén):** verb phrase, "to beat with a stick"

**为吏所讼 (wéi lǐ suǒ sòng):** passive voice construction, "to be reported by petty officials"

**English translation:**

On the national holidays, all official duties and activities were to cease, but he dared to drink wine and sing and even used a wooden stick to beat people, thus being reported by petty officials.</s>
Analyze the grammatical structure of the following Classical Chinese sentence and provide its English translation: 国忌日废务，饮酒唱歌杖人，为吏所讼。
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**Grammatical analysis:**

**国 (guó):** noun, "nation"

**忌日 (jì rì):** noun, "memorial day, holiday"

**废务 (fèi wù):** verb phrase, "to cease activities"

**饮酒 (yǐnjiǔ):** verb phrase, "to drink wine"

**唱歌 (chàng gē):** verb phrase, "to sing"

**杖人 (zhàng rén):** verb phrase, "to beat with a stick"

**为吏所讼 (wéi lǐ suǒ sòng):** passive voice construction, "to be reported by petty officials"

**English translation:**

On the national holidays, all official duties and activities were to cease, but he dared to drink wine and sing and even used a wooden stick to beat people, thus being reported by petty officials.
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