Gleanings from Chinese folklore, A Story of Old China, part 1, sentence 28
When they reached the temple he saw her at the altar, prostrating herself and worshipping; kneeling beside her he said:
Who acts: companions, Nien · What happens: reach, see, prostrate, worshipp, kneel, say · To what, where: temple, woman, altar · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (companions, Nien), 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 | When | when | SCONJ | _ | 3 reached | mark |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 reached | nsubj |
| 3 | reached | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 said | advcl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 temple | det |
| 5 | temple | temple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 reached | obj |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 saw | nsubj |
| 7 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 temple | acl:relcl |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 saw | obj |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 altar | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 altar | det |
| 11 | altar | altar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 saw | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 prostrating | punct |
| 13 | prostrating | prostrate | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 reached | advcl |
| 14 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 13 prostrating | obj |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 worshipping | cc |
| 16 | worshipping | worshipp | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 13 prostrating | conj |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 18 kneeling | punct |
| 18 | kneeling | kneel | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 reached | advcl |
| 19 | beside | beside | ADP | _ | 20 her | case |
| 20 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 kneeling | obl |
| 21 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 said | nsubj |
| 22 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 23 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 22 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reach | past | companions = companion | the temple | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent temple=Theme | ||||
| 2 | see | past | Nien | woman | the altar | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | prostrate | gerund | companions = companion not said here | woman | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | worshipp | gerund | companions = companion not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | kneel | gerund | companions = companion not said here | beside woman | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside she=Location | ||||
| 6 | say speech: assert | past | Nien | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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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