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Gleanings from Chinese folklore, A Story of Old China, part 2, sentence 2

Her husband raised her and gave her into the command of the serving-woman, with many words of instruction to the latter, who was in great distress at the condition of her mistress’s eye.

Who acts: husband, many words · What happens: raise, give, be, command, word, condition · To what, where: her, command, great distress, serving woman, instruction, eye · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Gleanings from Chinese folklore» by Nellie Naomi Russell, A Story of Old China, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (husband, many words), 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

nmod:possnsubjobjccconjiobjcasedetoblcasedetcompoundpunctnmodpunctcaseamodoblcasenmodcasedetnmodpunctnsubjcopcaseamodapposcasedetnmodcasenmod:possnmod:posscasenmodpunctrootHerPRONhusbandNOUNraisedVERBherPRONandCCONJgaveVERBherPRONintoADPtheDETcommandNOUNofADPtheDETservingNOUN-PUNCTwomanNOUN,PUNCTwithADPmanyADJwordsNOUNofADPinstructionNOUNtoADPtheDETlatterADJ,PUNCTwhoPRONwasAUXinADPgreatADJdistressNOUNatADPtheDETconditionNOUNofADPherPRONmistressNOUN’sPARTeyeNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HerherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 husbandnmod:poss
2husbandhusbandNOUNNumber=Sing3 raisednsubj
3raisedraiseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 raisedobj
5andandCCONJ_6 gavecc
6gavegiveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 raisedconj
7hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 gaveiobj
8intointoADP_10 commandcase
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 commanddet
10commandcommandNOUNNumber=Sing6 gaveobl
11ofofADP_15 womancase
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art15 womandet
13servingservingNOUNNumber=Sing15 womancompound
14--PUNCT_13 servingpunct
15womanwomanNOUNNumber=Sing10 commandnmod
16,,PUNCT_19 wordspunct
17withwithADP_19 wordscase
18manymanyADJDegree=Pos19 wordsamod
19wordswordNOUNNumber=Plur6 gaveobl
20ofofADP_21 instructioncase
21instructioninstructionNOUNNumber=Sing19 wordsnmod
22totoADP_24 lattercase
23thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art24 latterdet
24latterlatterADJDegree=Pos19 wordsnmod
25,,PUNCT_30 distresspunct
26whowhoPRONPronType=Rel30 distressnsubj
27wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin30 distresscop
28ininADP_30 distresscase
29greatgreatADJDegree=Pos30 distressamod
30distressdistressNOUNNumber=Sing19 wordsappos
31atatADP_33 conditioncase
32thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art33 conditiondet
33conditionconditionNOUNNumber=Sing30 distressnmod
34ofofADP_38 eyecase
35herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs36 mistressnmod:poss
36mistressmistressNOUNNumber=Sing38 eyenmod:poss
37’s'sPART_36 mistresscase
38eyeeyeNOUNNumber=Sing33 conditionnmod
39..PUNCT_3 raisedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1raisepastHer husbandher = shevn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
2givepastHer husband not said hereher = shethe command of the serving womanwith many words of instruction to the lattervn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
3ispastmany words of instruction to the lattergreat distressat the condition of woman's mistress's eyetree rules
4commandthe serving womannom command «communication transitive»: of=patient
5wordinstructionnom word «communication transitive»: of=patient
6conditionwoman's mistress's eyenom condition «state 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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