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Gleanings from Chinese folklore, A Story of Old China, part 1, sentence 14

That night after the great feast was over and, much under the influence of wine, all were sleeping, Yen Sung, with his steward and henchmen, removed the relief money from the logs, placed broken bricks in the holes, and closed the logs as they were before.

Who acts: great feast, all, night, logs · What happens: be, sleep, remove, place, break, close · To what, where: night, Yen Sung, relief money, logs, broken bricks, holes

This is a sentence of «Gleanings from Chinese folklore» by Nellie Naomi Russell, A Story of Old China, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (great feast, all, night, logs), 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

detnsubjmarkdetamodnsubjcopaclccpunctadvmodcasedetconjcasenmodpunctnsubjauxaclpunctcompoundoblpunctcasenmod:possoblccconjpunctdetcompoundobjcasedetoblpunctaclamodobjcasedetoblpunctccconjdetobjmarknsubjcopadvclpunctrootThatDETnightNOUNafterSCONJtheDETgreatADJfeastNOUNwasAUXoverADVandCCONJ,PUNCTmuchADVunderADPtheDETinfluenceNOUNofADPwineNOUN,PUNCTallDETwereAUXsleepingVERB,PUNCTYenPROPNSungPROPN,PUNCTwithADPhisPRONstewardNOUNandCCONJhenchmenNOUN,PUNCTremovedVERBtheDETreliefNOUNmoneyNOUNfromADPtheDETlogsNOUN,PUNCTplacedVERBbrokenVERBbricksNOUNinADPtheDETholesNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJclosedVERBtheDETlogsNOUNasSCONJtheyPRONwereAUXbeforeADV.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThatthatDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem2 nightdet
2nightnightNOUNNumber=Sing31 removednsubj
3afterafterSCONJ_8 overmark
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 feastdet
5greatgreatADJDegree=Pos6 feastamod
6feastfeastNOUNNumber=Sing8 overnsubj
7wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 overcop
8overoverADV_2 nightacl
9andandCCONJ_14 influencecc
10,,PUNCT_14 influencepunct
11muchmuchADV_14 influenceadvmod
12underunderADP_14 influencecase
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 influencedet
14influenceinfluenceNOUNNumber=Sing2 nightconj
15ofofADP_16 winecase
16winewineNOUNNumber=Sing14 influencenmod
17,,PUNCT_20 sleepingpunct
18allallDETPronType=Tot20 sleepingnsubj
19werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin20 sleepingaux
20sleepingsleepVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part14 influenceacl
21,,PUNCT_23 Sungpunct
22YenYenPROPNNumber=Sing23 Sungcompound
23SungSungPROPNNumber=Sing20 sleepingobl
24,,PUNCT_27 stewardpunct
25withwithADP_27 stewardcase
26hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs27 stewardnmod:poss
27stewardstewardNOUNNumber=Sing20 sleepingobl
28andandCCONJ_29 henchmencc
29henchmenhenchmanNOUNNumber=Plur27 stewardconj
30,,PUNCT_2 nightpunct
31removedremoveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
32thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art34 moneydet
33reliefreliefNOUNNumber=Sing34 moneycompound
34moneymoneyNOUNNumber=Sing31 removedobj
35fromfromADP_37 logscase
36thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art37 logsdet
37logslogNOUNNumber=Plur31 removedobl
38,,PUNCT_39 placedpunct
39placedplaceVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass37 logsacl
40brokenbreakVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass41 bricksamod
41bricksbrickNOUNNumber=Plur39 placedobj
42ininADP_44 holescase
43thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art44 holesdet
44holesholeNOUNNumber=Plur39 placedobl
45,,PUNCT_47 closedpunct
46andandCCONJ_47 closedcc
47closedcloseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin31 removedconj
48thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art49 logsdet
49logslogNOUNNumber=Plur47 closedobj
50asasSCONJ_53 beforemark
51theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs53 beforensubj
52werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin53 beforecop
53beforebeforeADV_47 closedadvcl
54..PUNCT_31 removedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispastthe great feastthat night and the influence of wine not said hereover propertytree rules
2sleeppast · progressiveallYen Sungwith caravan's steward and henchmenvn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent influence=Theme
3removepastthat night and the influence of winethe relief moneythe logsvn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent money=Theme from log=Source
4placeparticiplethe logs not said herebroken bricksthe holesvn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent brick=Theme in hole=Destination
5breakparticiplevn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
6closepastthat night and the influence of wine not said herethe logsvn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent log=Patient
7ispastlogs = logbefore propertytree rules

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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