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Gleanings from Chinese folklore, Literary Glory, sentence 15

She said, “When I went to my husband’s home I made up my mind that I would work and pray with all my might to bring him and his mother to know and love Jesus.

Who acts: girl, mind, my · What happens: say, go, make up, work, pray, bring · To what, where: home, mind, husband, Jesus · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (girl, mind, my), 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

nsubjpunctpunctadvmodnsubjccompcasenmod:possnmod:posscaseoblnsubjparataxiscompound:prtnmod:possobjnsubjnsubjauxacl:relclccconjmarkdet:predetnmod:possauxmarkccompobjccnmod:possconjmarkaclccconjobjpunctrootShePRONsaidVERB,PUNCT“PUNCTWhenADVIPRONwentVERBtoADPmyPRONhusbandNOUN’sPARThomeNOUNIPRONmadeVERBupADPmyPRONmindNOUNthatPRONIPRONwouldAUXworkVERBandCCONJprayVERBwithSCONJallDETmyPRONmightAUXtoPARTbringVERBhimPRONandCCONJhisPRONmotherNOUNtoPARTknowVERBandCCONJloveVERBJesusPROPN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 saidnsubj
2saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3,,PUNCT_7 wentpunct
4“"PUNCT_7 wentpunct
5WhenwhenADVPronType=Int7 wentadvmod
6IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs7 wentnsubj
7wentgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 saidccomp
8totoADP_12 homecase
9mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs10 husbandnmod:poss
10husbandhusbandNOUNNumber=Sing12 homenmod:poss
11’s'sPART_10 husbandcase
12homehomeNOUNNumber=Sing7 wentobl
13IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs14 madensubj
14mademakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 wentparataxis
15upupADP_14 madecompound:prt
16mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs17 mindnmod:poss
17mindmindNOUNNumber=Sing14 madeobj
18thatthatPRONPronType=Rel21 worknsubj
19IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs21 worknsubj
20wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin21 workaux
21workworkVERBVerbForm=Inf17 mindacl:relcl
22andandCCONJ_23 praycc
23prayprayVERBVerbForm=Inf21 workconj
24withwithSCONJ_29 bringmark
25allallDETPronType=Tot29 bringdet:predet
26mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs29 bringnmod:poss
27mightmightAUXVerbForm=Fin29 bringaux
28totoPART_29 bringmark
29bringbringVERBVerbForm=Inf23 prayccomp
30himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs29 bringobj
31andandCCONJ_33 mothercc
32hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs33 mothernmod:poss
33mothermotherNOUNNumber=Sing30 himconj
34totoPART_35 knowmark
35knowknowVERBVerbForm=Inf33 motheracl
36andandCCONJ_37 lovecc
37loveloveVERBVerbForm=Inf35 knowconj
38JesusJesusPROPNNumber=Sing37 loveobj
39..PUNCT_2 saidpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpastgirlvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2go in a quotepastgirlmy husband's homevn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to home=Initial_Location
3make up in a quotepastgirlmy mindvn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot
4work in a quotewouldmy mindI nsubjvn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5pray in a quoteinfinitivemy mind not said herevn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
6bring in a quotemightmy mind not said herehusbandmy nmod:possvn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination
7know in a quoteto-infinitivemy mind not said herevn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
8love in a quoteinfinitivemy mind not said hereJesusvn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer jesus=Stimulus
9mind in a quotemynom mind «cognition transitive»: 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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