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The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 22, sentence 105

At last he found a woman, a very, very old woman, who told him that when she was a tiny girl she remembered her grand-mother saying how, when _she_ was a tiny girl, a poor young man had been spirited away by the Genii of the mountains on the day of the Feast of Lanterns, leaving his wife and little children with only a few handfuls of rice in the house.

Who acts: Wang, old woman, woman, tiny girl, Genii · What happens: find, tell, be, remember, say, spirit away · To what, where: woman, last, Wang, tiny girl, grand mother, poor young man · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 22. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Wang, old woman, woman, tiny girl), 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

caseoblnsubjdetobjpunctdetadvmodpunctadvmodamodappospunctnsubjacl:relcliobjmarkadvmodnsubjcopdetamodnsubjnsubjadvclnmod:possamodpunctobjadvcladvmodpunctadvmodpunctnsubjpunctcopdetamodadvclpunctdetamodamodnsubj:passauxaux:passconjadvmodcasedetoblcasedetnmodcasedetoblcasedetnmodcasenmodpunctadvclnmod:possobjccamodconjcaseadvmoddetamodoblcasenmodcasedetoblpunctrootAtADPlastNOUNhePRONfoundVERBaDETwomanNOUN,PUNCTaDETveryADV,PUNCTveryADVoldADJwomanNOUN,PUNCTwhoPRONtoldVERBhimPRONthatSCONJwhenADVshePRONwasAUXaDETtinyADJgirlNOUNshePRONrememberedVERBherPRONgrandADJ-PUNCTmotherNOUNsayingVERBhowADV,PUNCTwhenADV_PUNCTshePRON_PUNCTwasAUXaDETtinyADJgirlNOUN,PUNCTaDETpoorADJyoungADJmanNOUNhadAUXbeenAUXspiritedVERBawayADVbyADPtheDETGeniiPROPNofADPtheDETmountainsNOUNonADPtheDETdayNOUNofADPtheDETFeastNOUNofADPLanternsNOUN,PUNCTleavingVERBhisPRONwifeNOUNandCCONJlittleADJchildrenNOUNwithADPonlyADVaDETfewADJhandfulsNOUNofADPriceNOUNinADPtheDEThouseNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AtatADP_2 lastcase
2lastlastNOUNNumber=Sing4 foundobl
3hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 foundnsubj
4foundfindVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 womandet
6womanwomanNOUNNumber=Sing4 foundobj
7,,PUNCT_13 womanpunct
8aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art13 womandet
9veryveryADV_12 oldadvmod
10,,PUNCT_9 verypunct
11veryveryADV_12 oldadvmod
12oldoldADJDegree=Pos13 womanamod
13womanwomanNOUNNumber=Sing6 womanappos
14,,PUNCT_16 toldpunct
15whowhoPRONPronType=Rel16 toldnsubj
16toldtellVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin13 womanacl:relcl
17himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs16 toldiobj
18thatthatSCONJ_26 rememberedmark
19whenwhenADVPronType=Int24 girladvmod
20sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs24 girlnsubj
21wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin24 girlcop
22aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art24 girldet
23tinytinyADJDegree=Pos24 girlamod
24girlgirlNOUNNumber=Sing26 rememberednsubj
25sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs26 rememberednsubj
26rememberedrememberVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin16 toldadvcl
27herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs30 mothernmod:poss
28grandgrandADJDegree=Pos30 motheramod
29--PUNCT_28 grandpunct
30mothermotherNOUNNumber=Sing26 rememberedobj
31sayingsayVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part26 rememberedadvcl
32howhowADVPronType=Int31 sayingadvmod
33,,PUNCT_41 girlpunct
34whenwhenADVPronType=Int41 girladvmod
35__PUNCT_36 shepunct
36sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs41 girlnsubj
37__PUNCT_36 shepunct
38wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin41 girlcop
39aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art41 girldet
40tinytinyADJDegree=Pos41 girlamod
41girlgirlNOUNNumber=Sing4 foundadvcl
42,,PUNCT_49 spiritedpunct
43aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art46 mandet
44poorpoorADJDegree=Pos46 manamod
45youngyoungADJDegree=Pos46 manamod
46manmanNOUNNumber=Sing49 spiritednsubj:pass
47hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin49 spiritedaux
48beenbeAUXTense=Past VerbForm=Part49 spiritedaux:pass
49spiritedspiritVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass41 girlconj
50awayawayADV_49 spiritedadvmod
51bybyADP_53 Geniicase
52thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art53 Geniidet
53GeniiGeniiPROPNNumber=Sing49 spiritedobl
54ofofADP_56 mountainscase
55thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art56 mountainsdet
56mountainsmountainNOUNNumber=Plur53 Geniinmod
57ononADP_59 daycase
58thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art59 daydet
59daydayNOUNNumber=Sing49 spiritedobl
60ofofADP_62 Feastcase
61thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art62 Feastdet
62FeastfeastNOUNNumber=Sing59 daynmod
63ofofADP_64 Lanternscase
64LanternslanternNOUNNumber=Plur62 Feastnmod
65,,PUNCT_66 leavingpunct
66leavingleaveVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part49 spiritedadvcl
67hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs68 wifenmod:poss
68wifewifeNOUNNumber=Sing66 leavingobj
69andandCCONJ_71 childrencc
70littlelittleADJDegree=Pos71 childrenamod
71childrenchildNOUNNumber=Plur68 wifeconj
72withwithADP_76 handfulscase
73onlyonlyADV_76 handfulsadvmod
74aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art76 handfulsdet
75fewfewADJDegree=Pos76 handfulsamod
76handfulshandfulNOUNNumber=Plur66 leavingobl
77ofofADP_78 ricecase
78ricericeNOUNNumber=Sing76 handfulsnmod
79ininADP_81 housecase
80thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art81 housedet
81househouseNOUNNumber=Sing66 leavingobl
82..PUNCT_4 foundpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1findpastWanga womanlastvn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent woman=Theme at last=Asset
2tell speech: assertpasta old womanWangvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
3is apastwomana tiny girltree rules
4rememberpasta tiny girlgirl's grand mothergirl nsubjvn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent mother=Theme
5say speech: assertgerunda tiny girl not said herevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
6is apastwomana tiny girltree rules
7spirit awaypast · perfect · passivethe Genii of the mountainsa poor young mandayaway propertytree rules
8leavegerundthe Genii of the mountains not said hereWang's wife and little childrenthe housewith a few handfuls of ricevn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent wife=Theme in house=Location

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: «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Project Gutenberg book 65965 (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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