Gleanings from Chinese folklore, A Chinese Tea-house Story, sentence 150
When the two Worthies saw the settled purpose of the man they said, “You may remain with us.
Who acts: two Worthies, Worthies, You, man · What happens: see, say, remain, purpose · To what, where: settled purpose · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Gleanings from Chinese folklore» by Nellie Naomi Russell, A Chinese Tea-house Story. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (two Worthies, Worthies, You, man), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 saw | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Worthies | det |
| 3 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 Worthies | nummod |
| 4 | Worthies | worthy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 saw | nsubj |
| 5 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 said | advcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 purpose | det |
| 7 | settled | settled | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 purpose | amod |
| 8 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 saw | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 man | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 man | det |
| 11 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 purpose | nmod |
| 12 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 said | nsubj |
| 13 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 remain | punct |
| 15 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 remain | punct |
| 16 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 18 remain | nsubj |
| 17 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 remain | aux |
| 18 | remain | remain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 said | ccomp |
| 19 | with | with | ADP | _ | 20 us | case |
| 20 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 18 remain | obl |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | the two Worthies | the settled purpose of the man | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer purpose=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | Worthies = worthy | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | remain in a quote | may | You | with us | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | purpose | the man | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=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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