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Gleanings from Chinese folklore, Literary Glory, sentence 1

“Give me the grace to bear my burden so That men may learn the secret of my power, And meet each trouble with their face aglow, And voice their praises in the midnight hour; For when our helplessness cries unto thee, Thy power descends in Christ to set us free.”

Who acts: you, men, helplessness, power, my · What happens: give, bear, learn, meet, cry, descend · To what, where: grace, me, burden, secret, trouble, Christ

This is a sentence of «Gleanings from Chinese folklore» by Nellie Naomi Russell, Literary Glory. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, men, helplessness, power), 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

punctiobjdetobjmarkadvclnmod:possobjmarkdetnsubjauxadvcldetobjcasenmod:possnmodpunctccparataxisdetobjcasenmod:possnmodadvmodpunctccparataxisnmod:possconjcasedetcompoundnmodpunctcasemarknmod:possnsubjconjcaseoblpunctnmod:possnsubjconjcaseoblmarkadvclobjxcomppunctpunctroot“PUNCTGiveVERBmePRONtheDETgraceNOUNtoPARTbearVERBmyPRONburdenNOUNsoSCONJThatDETmenNOUNmayAUXlearnVERBtheDETsecretNOUNofADPmyPRONpowerNOUN,PUNCTAndCCONJmeetVERBeachDETtroubleNOUNwithADPtheirPRONfaceNOUNaglowADJ,PUNCTAndCCONJvoiceNOUNtheirPRONpraisesNOUNinADPtheDETmidnightNOUNhourNOUN;PUNCTForADPwhenSCONJourPRONhelplessnessNOUNcriesVERBuntoADPtheePRON,PUNCTThyPRONpowerNOUNdescendsVERBinADPChristPROPNtoPARTsetVERBusPRONfreeADJ.PUNCT”PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1“"PUNCT_2 Givepunct
2GivegiveVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
3meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs2 Giveiobj
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 gracedet
5gracegraceNOUNNumber=Sing2 Giveobj
6totoPART_7 bearmark
7bearbearVERBVerbForm=Inf2 Giveadvcl
8mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs9 burdennmod:poss
9burdenburdenNOUNNumber=Sing7 bearobj
10sosoSCONJ_14 learnmark
11ThatthatDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem12 mendet
12menmanNOUNNumber=Plur14 learnnsubj
13maymayAUXVerbForm=Fin14 learnaux
14learnlearnVERBVerbForm=Inf7 bearadvcl
15thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art16 secretdet
16secretsecretNOUNNumber=Sing14 learnobj
17ofofADP_19 powercase
18mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs19 powernmod:poss
19powerpowerNOUNNumber=Sing16 secretnmod
20,,PUNCT_22 meetpunct
21AndandCCONJ_22 meetcc
22meetmeetVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 Giveparataxis
23eacheachDETPronType=Tot24 troubledet
24troubletroubleNOUNNumber=Sing22 meetobj
25withwithADP_27 facecase
26theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs27 facenmod:poss
27facefaceNOUNNumber=Sing24 troublenmod
28aglowaglowADJDegree=Pos22 meetadvmod
29,,PUNCT_31 voicepunct
30AndandCCONJ_31 voicecc
31voicevoiceNOUNNumber=Sing2 Giveparataxis
32theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs33 praisesnmod:poss
33praisespraiseNOUNNumber=Plur31 voiceconj
34ininADP_37 hourcase
35thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art37 hourdet
36midnightmidnightNOUNNumber=Sing37 hourcompound
37hourhourNOUNNumber=Sing33 praisesnmod
38;;PUNCT_43 criespunct
39ForforADP_43 criescase
40whenwhenSCONJ_43 criesmark
41ourourPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs42 helplessnessnmod:poss
42helplessnesshelplessnessNOUNNumber=Sing43 criesnsubj
43criescryVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 Giveconj
44untountoADP_45 theecase
45theethouPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch43 criesobl
46,,PUNCT_49 descendspunct
47ThythyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch48 powernmod:poss
48powerpowerNOUNNumber=Sing49 descendsnsubj
49descendsdescendVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 Giveconj
50ininADP_51 Christcase
51ChristChristPROPNNumber=Sing49 descendsobl
52totoPART_53 setmark
53setsetVERBVerbForm=Inf49 descendsadvcl
54uswePRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs53 setobj
55freefreeADJDegree=Pos53 setxcomp
56..PUNCT_2 Givepunct
57”"PUNCT_2 Givepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1give in a quoteimperativeyou not said herethe gracemevoice and men's praises in the midnight hour parataxisvn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient grace=Theme
2bear in a quoteto-infinitiveyou not said heremy burdenvn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent burden=Patient
3learn in a quotemaythat menthe secret of my powervn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Topic
4meet in a quotepresenteach troublewith men's facevn satisfy-55.7 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent trouble=Theme with face=Instrument
5cry speech: express in a quotepresentour helplessnessunto theevn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6descend in a quotepresentThy powerChristvn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7set in a quoteto-infinitiveThy power not said hereusfree propertyvn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient we=Result
8burden in a quotemynom burden «cognition transitive»: poss=agent
9praise in a quotemen = manin the midnight hournom praise «communication transitive»: poss=agent in=obl

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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