Gleanings from Chinese folklore, Opening, sentence 17
She took no note of the lapse either of time or strength when, in her city home, she entertained guests of high or low degree with equal courtesy and charm.
Who acts: Miss · What happens: take, entertain, note · To what, where: note, city, guests, lapse
This is a sentence of «Gleanings from Chinese folklore» by Nellie Naomi Russell, Opening. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Miss), 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 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 took | nsubj |
| 2 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 note | det |
| 4 | note | note | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 took | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 lapse | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 lapse | det |
| 7 | lapse | lapse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 note | nmod |
| 8 | either | either | DET | PronType=Ind | 13 when | nsubj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 time | case |
| 10 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 either | nmod |
| 11 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 12 strength | cc |
| 12 | strength | strength | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 time | conj |
| 13 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 took | advmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 city | punct |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 city | case |
| 16 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 city | nmod:poss |
| 17 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 took | obl |
| 18 | home | home | ADV | _ | 17 city | advmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 entertained | punct |
| 20 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 entertained | nsubj |
| 21 | entertained | entertain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 took | conj |
| 22 | guests | guest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 entertained | obj |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 degree | case |
| 24 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 degree | amod |
| 25 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 26 low | cc |
| 26 | low | low | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 high | conj |
| 27 | degree | degree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 guests | nmod |
| 28 | with | with | ADP | _ | 30 courtesy | case |
| 29 | equal | equal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 courtesy | amod |
| 30 | courtesy | courtesy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 entertained | obl |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 charm | cc |
| 32 | charm | charm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 courtesy | conj |
| 33 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 took | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | Miss | no note of the lapse | Miss's city | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent note=Value in city=Location | |||
| 2 | entertain | past | Miss | guests of high degree | with equal courtesy and charm | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus guest=Experiencer | |||
| 3 | note | the lapse | nom note «communication transitive»: of=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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