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Gleanings from Chinese folklore, A Story of Old China, part 2, sentence 55

When the morning came for him to leave her, she got his breakfast, feeling as though the life was going out of her, and yet, with words of wisdom and many instructions, she clasped him to her, then allowed him to make his prostration, and the door closed.

Who acts: morning, mother, life, heart · What happens: come, leave, get, feel, go out, clasp · To what, where: mother, breakfast, heart, grave, prostration, door

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 (morning, mother, life, 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

markdetnsubjadvclcaseoblmarkadvclobjpunctnsubjnmod:possobjpunctadvcladvmodmarkdetnsubjauxadvclcasecaseoblpunctccadvmodpunctcaseoblcasenmodccamodconjpunctnsubjparataxisobjcaseoblpunctadvmodconjiobjmarkxcompnmod:possobjpunctccdetnsubj:passconjpunctrootWhenSCONJtheDETmorningNOUNcameVERBforADPhimPRONtoPARTleaveVERBherPRON,PUNCTshePRONgotVERBhisPRONbreakfastNOUN,PUNCTfeelingVERBasADVthoughSCONJtheDETlifeNOUNwasAUXgoingVERBoutADPofADPherPRON,PUNCTandCCONJyetADV,PUNCTwithADPwordsNOUNofADPwisdomNOUNandCCONJmanyADJinstructionsNOUN,PUNCTshePRONclaspedVERBhimPRONtoADPherPRON,PUNCTthenADVallowedVERBhimPRONtoPARTmakeVERBhisPRONprostrationNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJtheDETdoorNOUNclosedVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhenwhenSCONJ_4 camemark
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 morningdet
3morningmorningNOUNNumber=Sing4 camensubj
4camecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin12 gotadvcl
5forforADP_6 himcase
6himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 cameobl
7totoPART_8 leavemark
8leaveleaveVERBVerbForm=Inf4 cameadvcl
9hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 leaveobj
10,,PUNCT_4 camepunct
11sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs12 gotnsubj
12gotgetVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
13hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs14 breakfastnmod:poss
14breakfastbreakfastNOUNNumber=Sing12 gotobj
15,,PUNCT_16 feelingpunct
16feelingfeelVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part12 gotadvcl
17asasADV_16 feelingadvmod
18thoughthoughSCONJ_22 goingmark
19thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art20 lifedet
20lifelifeNOUNNumber=Sing22 goingnsubj
21wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin22 goingaux
22goinggoVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part16 feelingadvcl
23outoutADP_25 hercase
24ofofADP_25 hercase
25hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs22 goingobl
26,,PUNCT_31 wordspunct
27andandCCONJ_31 wordscc
28yetyetADV_31 wordsadvmod
29,,PUNCT_28 yetpunct
30withwithADP_31 wordscase
31wordswordNOUNNumber=Plur12 gotobl
32ofofADP_33 wisdomcase
33wisdomwisdomNOUNNumber=Sing31 wordsnmod
34andandCCONJ_36 instructionscc
35manymanyADJDegree=Pos36 instructionsamod
36instructionsinstructionNOUNNumber=Plur31 wordsconj
37,,PUNCT_39 claspedpunct
38sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs39 claspednsubj
39claspedclaspVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin12 gotparataxis
40himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs39 claspedobj
41totoADP_42 hercase
42hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs39 claspedobl
43,,PUNCT_45 allowedpunct
44thenthenADVPronType=Dem45 allowedadvmod
45allowedallowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin39 claspedconj
46himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs45 allowediobj
47totoPART_48 makemark
48makemakeVERBVerbForm=Inf45 allowedxcomp
49hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs50 prostrationnmod:poss
50prostrationprostrationNOUNNumber=Sing48 makeobj
51,,PUNCT_55 closedpunct
52andandCCONJ_55 closedcc
53thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art54 doordet
54doordoorNOUNNumber=Sing55 closednsubj:pass
55closedcloseVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass12 gotconj
56..PUNCT_12 gotpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1comepastthe morningfor heartvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2leaveto-infinitivethe morning not said heremothervn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
3getpastmotherheart's breakfastwith words of wisdom and many instructionsvn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer breakfast=Stimulus
4feelgerundmother not said herevn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
5go outpast · progressivethe lifemothertree rules
6clasppastmotherheartgravevn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient to she=Co-Patient
7allowpastmother not said hereheartthenvn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer he=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
8make not said to happento-infinitivemother not said hereheart's prostrationvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset prostration=Product
9closeparticiple · passivethe doorvn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
10wordwisdomnom word «communication transitive»: of=patient
11prostrateheartnom prostration «state 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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