Gleanings from Chinese folklore, Literary Glory, sentence 21
“In this home I have been but a servant to his grandmother, mother, and sisters, but my reward has come to me because they all love me, and my husband and his mother have become Christians.
Who acts: girl, reward, servant, husband, my · What happens: have, be, come, love, become, reward · To what, where: home, servant, girl
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, reward, servant, husband), 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 home | punct |
| 2 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 home | case |
| 3 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 home | det |
| 4 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 have | nsubj |
| 6 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 home | acl:relcl |
| 7 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 10 servant | cop |
| 8 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 10 servant | cc |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 servant | det |
| 10 | servant | servant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 have | obj |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 grandmother | case |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 grandmother | nmod:poss |
| 13 | grandmother | grandmother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 servant | nmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 mother | punct |
| 15 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 grandmother | conj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 sisters | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 sisters | cc |
| 18 | sisters | sister | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 servant | conj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 come | punct |
| 20 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 24 come | cc |
| 21 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 reward | nmod:poss |
| 22 | reward | reward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 come | nsubj |
| 23 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 come | aux |
| 24 | come | come | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 10 servant | parataxis |
| 25 | to | to | ADP | _ | 26 me | case |
| 26 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 24 come | obl |
| 27 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 30 love | mark |
| 28 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 love | nsubj |
| 29 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 30 love | advmod |
| 30 | love | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 come | advcl |
| 31 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 30 love | obj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 become | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 become | cc |
| 34 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 husband | nmod:poss |
| 35 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 become | nsubj |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 mother | cc |
| 37 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 mother | nmod:poss |
| 38 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 husband | conj |
| 39 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 40 become | aux |
| 40 | become | become | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 30 love | parataxis |
| 41 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 40 become | xcomp |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 home | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have in a quote | present | girl | this home not said here | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Patient | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | participle | a servant and sisters | to husband's grandmother and mother; sisters conj | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | come in a quote | present · perfect | my reward | girl | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to i=Initial_Location | ||||
| 4 | love in a quote | present | servant | girl | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | become in a quote | present · perfect | my husband and husband's mother | Christians xcomp | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 7 | reward in a quote | my | nom reward «event 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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