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Gleanings from Chinese folklore, A Story of Old China, part 3, sentence 103

Then came the daughter and, kneeling before her mother, she said, “His sins are my sins,” and after that the two boys, who said as they knelt, “Our parents’ sins are ours,” and the four wept with loud and bitter tears.

Who acts: daughter, sins, two boys, four · What happens: come, kneel, say, be, weep · To what, where: sins, ours · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Gleanings from Chinese folklore» by Nellie Naomi Russell, A Story of Old China, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (daughter, sins, two boys, four), 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

advmoddetnsubjccpunctconjcasenmod:possoblpunctnsubjparataxispunctpunctnmod:possnsubjcopnmod:possccomppunctpunctccconjfixeddetnummodobjpunctnsubjacl:relclmarknsubjccomppunctpunctnmod:possnmod:posscasensubjcopoblpunctpunctccdetnsubjconjcaseamodccconjoblpunctrootThenADVcameVERBtheDETdaughterNOUNandCCONJ,PUNCTkneelingVERBbeforeADPherPRONmotherNOUN,PUNCTshePRONsaidVERB,PUNCT“PUNCTHisPRONsinsNOUNareAUXmyPRONsinsNOUN,PUNCT”PUNCTandCCONJafterADPthatSCONJtheDETtwoNUMboysNOUN,PUNCTwhoPRONsaidVERBasSCONJtheyPRONkneltVERB,PUNCT“PUNCTOurPRONparentsNOUN’PARTsinsNOUNareAUXoursPRON,PUNCT”PUNCTandCCONJtheDETfourNUMweptVERBwithADPloudADJandCCONJbitterADJtearsNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThenthenADVPronType=Dem2 cameadvmod
2camecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 daughterdet
4daughterdaughterNOUNNumber=Sing2 camensubj
5andandCCONJ_7 kneelingcc
6,,PUNCT_7 kneelingpunct
7kneelingkneelVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part2 cameconj
8beforebeforeADP_10 mothercase
9herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs10 mothernmod:poss
10mothermotherNOUNNumber=Sing7 kneelingobl
11,,PUNCT_13 saidpunct
12sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs13 saidnsubj
13saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 cameparataxis
14,,PUNCT_20 sinspunct
15“"PUNCT_20 sinspunct
16HishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs17 sinsnmod:poss
17sinssinNOUNNumber=Plur20 sinsnsubj
18arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin20 sinscop
19mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs20 sinsnmod:poss
20sinssinNOUNNumber=Plur13 saidccomp
21,,PUNCT_20 sinspunct
22”"PUNCT_13 saidpunct
23andandCCONJ_24 aftercc
24afterafterADP_2 cameconj
25thatthatSCONJ_24 afterfixed
26thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art28 boysdet
27twotwoNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card28 boysnummod
28boysboyNOUNNumber=Plur25 thatobj
29,,PUNCT_31 saidpunct
30whowhoPRONPronType=Rel31 saidnsubj
31saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin28 boysacl:relcl
32asasSCONJ_34 kneltmark
33theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs34 kneltnsubj
34kneltkneelVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin31 saidccomp
35,,PUNCT_42 ourspunct
36“"PUNCT_42 ourspunct
37OurourPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs38 parentsnmod:poss
38parentsparentNOUNNumber=Plur40 sinsnmod:poss
39’'sPART_38 parentscase
40sinssinNOUNNumber=Plur42 oursnsubj
41arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin42 ourscop
42oursourPRONNumber=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs34 kneltobl
43,,PUNCT_42 ourspunct
44”"PUNCT_34 kneltpunct
45andandCCONJ_48 weptcc
46thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art47 fourdet
47fourfourNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card48 weptnsubj
48weptweepVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin34 kneltconj
49withwithADP_53 tearscase
50loudloudADJDegree=Pos53 tearsamod
51andandCCONJ_52 bittercc
52bitterbitterADJDegree=Pos50 loudconj
53tearstearNOUNNumber=Plur48 weptobl
54..PUNCT_2 camepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1comepastthe daughterthenvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2kneelgerundthe daughter not said herebefore daughter's mothervn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before mother=Location
3say speech: assertpastdaughtervn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4is a in a quotepresentSon's sinsmy sinsmy nmod:posstree rules
5say speech: assertpastthe two boysvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6kneelpastsins = sinvn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7is a in a quotepresentOur parents's sinsourstree rules
8weeppastthe fourwith loud tearsvn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: 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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