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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

punctcasedetnsubjacl:relclcopccdetobjcasenmod:possnmodpunctconjpunctccconjpunctccnmod:possnsubjauxparataxiscaseoblmarknsubjadvmodadvclobjpunctccnmod:possnsubjccnmod:possconjauxparataxisxcomppunctroot“PUNCTInADPthisDEThomeNOUNIPRONhaveVERBbeenAUXbutCCONJaDETservantNOUNtoADPhisPRONgrandmotherNOUN,PUNCTmotherNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJsistersNOUN,PUNCTbutCCONJmyPRONrewardNOUNhasAUXcomeVERBtoADPmePRONbecauseSCONJtheyPRONallDETloveVERBmePRON,PUNCTandCCONJmyPRONhusbandNOUNandCCONJhisPRONmotherNOUNhaveAUXbecomeVERBChristiansPROPN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1“"PUNCT_4 homepunct
2IninADP_4 homecase
3thisthisDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem4 homedet
4homehomeNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
5IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs6 havensubj
6havehaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 homeacl:relcl
7beenbeAUXTense=Past VerbForm=Part10 servantcop
8butbutCCONJ_10 servantcc
9aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art10 servantdet
10servantservantNOUNNumber=Sing6 haveobj
11totoADP_13 grandmothercase
12hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs13 grandmothernmod:poss
13grandmothergrandmotherNOUNNumber=Sing10 servantnmod
14,,PUNCT_15 motherpunct
15mothermotherNOUNNumber=Sing13 grandmotherconj
16,,PUNCT_18 sisterspunct
17andandCCONJ_18 sisterscc
18sisterssisterNOUNNumber=Plur10 servantconj
19,,PUNCT_24 comepunct
20butbutCCONJ_24 comecc
21mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs22 rewardnmod:poss
22rewardrewardNOUNNumber=Sing24 comensubj
23hashaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin24 comeaux
24comecomeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part10 servantparataxis
25totoADP_26 mecase
26meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs24 comeobl
27becausebecauseSCONJ_30 lovemark
28theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs30 lovensubj
29allallDETPronType=Tot30 loveadvmod
30loveloveVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin24 comeadvcl
31meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs30 loveobj
32,,PUNCT_40 becomepunct
33andandCCONJ_40 becomecc
34mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs35 husbandnmod:poss
35husbandhusbandNOUNNumber=Sing40 becomensubj
36andandCCONJ_38 mothercc
37hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs38 mothernmod:poss
38mothermotherNOUNNumber=Sing35 husbandconj
39havehaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin40 becomeaux
40becomebecomeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part30 loveparataxis
41ChristiansChristianPROPNNumber=Plur40 becomexcomp
42..PUNCT_4 homepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1have in a quotepresentgirlthis home not said herevn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Patient
2is a in a quoteparticiplea servant and sistersto husband's grandmother and mother; sisters conjtree rules
3come in a quotepresent · perfectmy rewardgirlvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to i=Initial_Location
4love in a quotepresentservantgirlvn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus
5become in a quotepresent · perfectmy husband and husband's motherChristians xcompvn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
7reward in a quotemynom 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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