Gleanings from Chinese folklore, Opening, sentence 23
The tragedy of 1900 brought to one of such wideness and depth of friendship and intimate knowledge a sorrow whose outward tokens were whitening hair and a physically weakened constitution.
Who acts: tragedy, sorrow · What happens: bring, whiten, weaken · To what, where: one, hair
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 (tragedy, sorrow), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 tragedy | det |
| 2 | tragedy | tragedy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 brought | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 1900 | case |
| 4 | 1900 | 1900 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 tragedy | nmod |
| 5 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 one | case |
| 7 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 brought | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 wideness | case |
| 9 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 wideness | amod |
| 10 | wideness | wideness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 one | nmod |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 depth | cc |
| 12 | depth | depth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 wideness | conj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 friendship | case |
| 14 | friendship | friendship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 depth | nmod |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 knowledge | cc |
| 16 | intimate | intimate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 knowledge | amod |
| 17 | knowledge | knowledge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 wideness | conj |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 sorrow | det |
| 19 | sorrow | sorrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 whitening | nsubj |
| 20 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 22 tokens | nmod:poss |
| 21 | outward | outward | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 tokens | amod |
| 22 | tokens | token | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 whitening | nsubj |
| 23 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 whitening | aux |
| 24 | whitening | whiten | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 wideness | acl:relcl |
| 25 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 whitening | obj |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 constitution | cc |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 30 constitution | det |
| 28 | physically | physically | ADV | _ | 29 weakened | advmod |
| 29 | weakened | weaken | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 30 constitution | amod |
| 30 | constitution | constitution | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 hair | conj |
| 31 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 brought | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | past | the tragedy of 1900 | one of such wideness and depth of friendship and intimate knowledge | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to one=Destination | ||||
| 2 | whiten | past · progressive | a sorrow | hair and a weakened constitution | outward tokens nsubj | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hair=Patient | |||
| 3 | weaken | participle | physically property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=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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