Gleanings from Chinese folklore, Literary Glory, sentence 2
From of old the scholars and writers of all lands have desired and sought for literary glory, and have considered it far more precious than gold or gems.
What happens: desire, seek, consider · To what, where: scholars, old, glory
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: 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 | From | from | ADP | _ | 3 old | case |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 1 From | fixed |
| 3 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 desired | obl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 scholars | det |
| 5 | scholars | scholar | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 desired | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 writers | cc |
| 7 | writers | writer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 scholars | conj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 lands | case |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 lands | det |
| 10 | lands | land | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 scholars | nmod |
| 11 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 desired | aux |
| 12 | desired | desire | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 sought | cc |
| 14 | sought | seek | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 desired | conj |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 glory | case |
| 16 | literary | literary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 glory | amod |
| 17 | glory | glory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 sought | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 considered | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 considered | cc |
| 20 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 considered | aux |
| 21 | considered | consider | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 desired | conj |
| 22 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 considered | obj |
| 23 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 25 precious | advmod |
| 24 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 25 precious | advmod |
| 25 | precious | precious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 considered | xcomp |
| 26 | than | than | ADP | _ | 27 gold | case |
| 27 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 precious | obl |
| 28 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 29 gems | cc |
| 29 | gems | gem | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 gold | conj |
| 30 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 desired | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | desire | present · perfect · passive | the scholars of all lands and writers | old | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | seek | participle | for literary glory | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for glory=Theme | |||||
| 3 | consider | present · perfect | glory | precious property | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Attribute |
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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