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Gleanings from Chinese folklore, A Story of Old China, part 2, sentence 83

As he talked his kindly manner warmed the heart of Mr. Kao, who had come to feel that all the world, even the gods, were against him, and little by little he told the story of his father’s life and their deadly enemy, the great Yen Sung.

Who acts: Yang, manner, heart · What happens: talk, warm, come, feel, be, tell · To what, where: heart, world, story · 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 (Yang, manner, 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

marknsubjnmod:possadvmodnsubjccompdetobjcasenmod:descnmodpunctnsubjauxaclmarkxcompmarkdet:predetdetobjpunctadvmoddetappospunctcopcaseparataxispunctccadvmodcaseoblnsubjconjdetobjcasenmod:possnmod:posscasenmodccnmod:possamodconjpunctdetamodcompoundnmodpunctrootAsSCONJhePRONtalkedVERBhisPRONkindlyADVmannerNOUNwarmedVERBtheDETheartNOUNofADPMr.PROPNKaoPROPN,PUNCTwhoPRONhadAUXcomeVERBtoPARTfeelVERBthatSCONJallDETtheDETworldNOUN,PUNCTevenADVtheDETgodsNOUN,PUNCTwereAUXagainstADPhimPRON,PUNCTandCCONJlittleADJbyADPlittleADVhePRONtoldVERBtheDETstoryNOUNofADPhisPRONfatherNOUN’sPARTlifeNOUNandCCONJtheirPRONdeadlyADJenemyNOUN,PUNCTtheDETgreatADJYenPROPNSungPROPN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AsasSCONJ_3 talkedmark
2hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 talkednsubj
3talkedtalkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs6 mannernmod:poss
5kindlykindlyADV_6 manneradvmod
6mannermannerNOUNNumber=Sing7 warmednsubj
7warmedwarmVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 talkedccomp
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 heartdet
9heartheartNOUNNumber=Sing7 warmedobj
10ofofADP_12 Kaocase
11Mr.Mr.PROPNNumber=Sing12 Kaonmod:desc
12KaoKaoPROPNNumber=Sing9 heartnmod
13,,PUNCT_16 comepunct
14whowhoPRONPronType=Rel16 comensubj
15hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin16 comeaux
16comecomeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part9 heartacl
17totoPART_18 feelmark
18feelfeelVERBVerbForm=Inf16 comexcomp
19thatthatSCONJ_22 worldmark
20allallDETPronType=Tot22 worlddet:predet
21thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art22 worlddet
22worldworldNOUNNumber=Sing18 feelobj
23,,PUNCT_26 godspunct
24evenevenADV_26 godsadvmod
25thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art26 godsdet
26godsgodNOUNNumber=Plur22 worldappos
27,,PUNCT_30 himpunct
28werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin30 himcop
29againstagainstADP_30 himcase
30himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 warmedparataxis
31,,PUNCT_37 toldpunct
32andandCCONJ_37 toldcc
33littlelittleADJDegree=Pos37 toldadvmod
34bybyADP_35 littlecase
35littlelittleADVDegree=Pos37 toldobl
36hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs37 toldnsubj
37toldtellVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 talkedconj
38thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art39 storydet
39storystoryNOUNNumber=Sing37 toldobj
40ofofADP_44 lifecase
41hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs42 fathernmod:poss
42fatherfatherNOUNNumber=Sing44 lifenmod:poss
43’s'sPART_42 fathercase
44lifelifeNOUNNumber=Sing39 storynmod
45andandCCONJ_48 enemycc
46theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs48 enemynmod:poss
47deadlydeadlyADJDegree=Pos48 enemyamod
48enemyenemyNOUNNumber=Sing44 lifeconj
49,,PUNCT_53 Sungpunct
50thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art53 Sungdet
51greatgreatADJDegree=Pos53 Sungamod
52YenYenPROPNNumber=Sing53 Sungcompound
53SungSungPROPNNumber=Sing48 enemynmod
54..PUNCT_3 talkedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1talkpastYangtree rules
2warmpastYang's mannerthe heart of Kao Mr.vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent heart=Patient
3comepast · perfectthe heart of Kao Mr.tree rules
4feelto-infinitivethe heart of Kao Mr. not said hereall worldvn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent world=Theme
5ispastagainst Yangtree rules
6tell speech: assertpastYangthe story of Yang's father's life and lives's deadly enemy the great Yen Sungvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient

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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