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Gleanings from Chinese folklore, A Story of Old China, part 1, sentence 44

Together these two black-hearted men plotted against the life and happiness of the one little woman, who did not tell her student-husband of the experiences of the day, as she did not like to trouble him when his heart was so sad.

Who acts: one little woman, woman, heart · What happens: plot, not tell, not like, be, experience · To what, where: two hearted men, student husband, trouble, day · 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 (one little woman, woman, heart), 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

advmoddetnummodamodpunctamodaclcasedetoblccconjcasedetnummodamodnmodpunctnsubjauxadvmodparataxisnmod:posscompoundpunctobjcasedetnmodcasedetnmodpunctmarknsubjauxadvmodconjmarkobjobjmarknmod:possnsubjcopadvmodadvclpunctrootTogetherADVtheseDETtwoNUMblackADJ-PUNCTheartedADJmenNOUNplottedVERBagainstADPtheDETlifeNOUNandCCONJhappinessNOUNofADPtheDEToneNUMlittleADJwomanNOUN,PUNCTwhoPRONdidAUXnotPARTtellVERBherPRONstudentNOUN-PUNCThusbandNOUNofADPtheDETexperiencesNOUNofADPtheDETdayNOUN,PUNCTasSCONJshePRONdidAUXnotPARTlikeVERBtoPARTtroubleNOUNhimPRONwhenSCONJhisPRONheartNOUNwasAUXsoADVsadADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TogethertogetherADV_7 menadvmod
2thesethisDETNumber=Plur PronType=Dem7 mendet
3twotwoNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card7 mennummod
4blackblackADJDegree=Pos6 heartedamod
5--PUNCT_4 blackpunct
6heartedheartedADJDegree=Pos7 menamod
7menmanNOUNNumber=Plurrootroot
8plottedplotVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass7 menacl
9againstagainstADP_11 lifecase
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 lifedet
11lifelifeNOUNNumber=Sing8 plottedobl
12andandCCONJ_13 happinesscc
13happinesshappinessNOUNNumber=Sing11 lifeconj
14ofofADP_18 womancase
15thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art18 womandet
16oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card18 womannummod
17littlelittleADJDegree=Pos18 womanamod
18womanwomanNOUNNumber=Sing13 happinessnmod
19,,PUNCT_23 tellpunct
20whowhoPRONPronType=Rel23 tellnsubj
21diddoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin23 tellaux
22notnotPARTPolarity=Neg23 telladvmod
23telltellVERBVerbForm=Inf18 womanparataxis
24herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs27 husbandnmod:poss
25studentstudentNOUNNumber=Sing27 husbandcompound
26--PUNCT_25 studentpunct
27husbandhusbandNOUNNumber=Sing23 tellobj
28ofofADP_30 experiencescase
29thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art30 experiencesdet
30experiencesexperienceNOUNNumber=Plur27 husbandnmod
31ofofADP_33 daycase
32thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art33 daydet
33daydayNOUNNumber=Sing30 experiencesnmod
34,,PUNCT_39 likepunct
35asasSCONJ_39 likemark
36sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs39 likensubj
37diddoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin39 likeaux
38notnotPARTPolarity=Neg39 likeadvmod
39likelikeVERBVerbForm=Inf23 tellconj
40totoPART_41 troublemark
41troubletroubleNOUNNumber=Sing39 likeobj
42himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs41 troubleobj
43whenwhenSCONJ_48 sadmark
44hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs45 heartnmod:poss
45heartheartNOUNNumber=Sing48 sadnsubj
46wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin48 sadcop
47sosoADV_48 sadadvmod
48sadsadADJDegree=Pos39 likeadvcl
49..PUNCT_7 menpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1plotparticiplethis two hearted men not said hereagainst the life and happiness of the one little womanvn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2not tell speech: assertpast · do-supportthe one little womanwoman's student husband of the experiences of the dayvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent husband=Recipient
3not likepast · do-supportwomantrouble husbandvn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot trouble=Theme
4ispastway's heartsad propertytree rules
6experiencethe daynom experience «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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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