Gleanings from Chinese folklore, Opening, sentence 40
The impulse which went upward in prayer and outward in loving service had its fruition in a clearer vision of the earth mission of the Master, a vision for herself, and a vision for the thousands with whom she came in touch.
Who acts: impulse, RUSSELL · What happens: go, have, come, fruit · To what, where: prayer, fruition, clearer vision, touch
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 (impulse, RUSSELL), 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 impulse | det |
| 2 | impulse | impulse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 had | nsubj |
| 3 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 went | nsubj |
| 4 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 impulse | acl:relcl |
| 5 | upward | upward | ADV | _ | 4 went | advmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 prayer | case |
| 7 | prayer | prayer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 went | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 outward | cc |
| 9 | outward | outward | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 prayer | conj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 service | case |
| 11 | loving | loving | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 service | amod |
| 12 | service | service | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 went | obl |
| 13 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 fruition | nmod:poss |
| 15 | fruition | fruition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 had | obj |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 vision | case |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 vision | det |
| 18 | clearer | clear | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 19 vision | amod |
| 19 | vision | vision | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 had | obl |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 mission | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 mission | det |
| 22 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 mission | compound |
| 23 | mission | mission | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 vision | nmod |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 Master | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 Master | det |
| 26 | Master | Master | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 mission | nmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 vision | punct |
| 28 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 29 vision | det |
| 29 | vision | vision | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 Master | appos |
| 30 | for | for | ADP | _ | 31 herself | case |
| 31 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 29 vision | nmod |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 vision | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 vision | cc |
| 34 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 35 vision | det |
| 35 | vision | vision | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 had | obl |
| 36 | for | for | ADP | _ | 38 thousands | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 thousands | det |
| 38 | thousands | thousand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 vision | nmod |
| 39 | with | with | ADP | _ | 40 whom | case |
| 40 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 38 thousands | nmod |
| 41 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 came | nsubj |
| 42 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 whom | acl:relcl |
| 43 | in | in | ADP | _ | 44 touch | case |
| 44 | touch | touch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 came | obl |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 had | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | the impulse | prayer | in loving service; upward property | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in prayer=Location | |||
| 2 | have | past | the impulse | impulse's fruition | a clearer vision of the earth mission of the Master | a vision for the thousands with a vision for the thousands with a vision obl | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruition=Patient | ||
| 3 | come | past | RUSSELL | touch | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in touch=Location | ||||
| 4 | fruit | impulse | nom fruition «state intransitive»: poss=agent |
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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