Gleanings from Chinese folklore, A Chinese Tea-house Story, sentence 93
She called to him and a faint sound came from the distance, “The gods have had pity upon me and taken me from the evil of the world,” and here he was seen no more.
Who acts: wife, faint sound, gods · What happens: call, come, have, take, see · To what, where: teacher, pity, wife, evil · 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 (wife, faint sound, gods), 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 called | nsubj |
| 2 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 him | case |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 called | obl |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 came | cc |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 sound | det |
| 7 | faint | faint | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 sound | amod |
| 8 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 came | nsubj |
| 9 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 called | conj |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 distance | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 distance | det |
| 12 | distance | distance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 came | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 had | punct |
| 14 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 had | punct |
| 15 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 gods | det |
| 16 | gods | god | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 had | nsubj |
| 17 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 had | aux |
| 18 | had | have | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 called | parataxis |
| 19 | pity | pity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 had | obj |
| 20 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 21 me | case |
| 21 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 18 had | obl |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 taken | cc |
| 23 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 18 had | conj |
| 24 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 23 taken | obj |
| 25 | from | from | ADP | _ | 27 evil | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 evil | det |
| 27 | evil | evil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 taken | obl |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 world | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 world | det |
| 30 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 evil | nmod |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 evil | punct |
| 32 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 23 taken | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 seen | cc |
| 34 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 37 seen | advmod |
| 35 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 seen | nsubj |
| 36 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 seen | aux:pass |
| 37 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 had | conj |
| 38 | no | no | ADV | _ | 39 more | advmod |
| 39 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 37 seen | obj |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 called | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call speech: assert | past | wife | teacher | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | come | past | a faint sound | from the distance | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from distance=Initial_Location | ||||
| 3 | have in a quote | present · perfect | the gods | pity | upon wife | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pity=Patient | |||
| 4 | take in a quote | participle | the gods not said here | wife | the evil of the world | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent i=Theme from evil=Initial_Location | |||
| 5 | see | past · passive | teacher | here | tree rules |
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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