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Gleanings from Chinese folklore, A Story of Old China, part 3, sentence 105

“Arise, my children, all of you,” and lifted up his son-in-law; the mother took her daughter in her arms, and two servants came forward and lifted up the boys.

Who acts: you, mother, two servants · What happens: arise, lift up, take, come forward · To what, where: children, son, law, daughter, arms, boys

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 (you, mother, two servants), 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

punctpunctnmod:possobjpunctapposcasenmodpunctpunctccconjcompound:prtnmod:possobjpunctcasepunctnmodpunctdetnsubjparataxisnmod:possobjcasenmod:possoblpunctccnummodnsubjconjadvmodccconjcompound:prtdetobjpunctroot“PUNCTAriseVERB,PUNCTmyPRONchildrenNOUN,PUNCTallDETofADPyouPRON,PUNCT”PUNCTandCCONJliftedVERBupADPhisPRONsonNOUN-PUNCTinADP-PUNCTlawNOUN;PUNCTtheDETmotherNOUNtookVERBherPRONdaughterNOUNinADPherPRONarmsNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJtwoNUMservantsNOUNcameVERBforwardADVandCCONJliftedVERBupADPtheDETboysNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1“"PUNCT_2 Arisepunct
2AriseariseVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
3,,PUNCT_5 childrenpunct
4mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs5 childrennmod:poss
5childrenchildNOUNNumber=Plur2 Ariseobj
6,,PUNCT_7 allpunct
7allallDETPronType=Tot5 childrenappos
8ofofADP_9 youcase
9youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs7 allnmod
10,,PUNCT_2 Arisepunct
11”"PUNCT_2 Arisepunct
12andandCCONJ_13 liftedcc
13liftedliftVERBMood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 Ariseconj
14upupADP_13 liftedcompound:prt
15hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs16 sonnmod:poss
16sonsonNOUNNumber=Sing13 liftedobj
17--PUNCT_20 lawpunct
18ininADP_20 lawcase
19--PUNCT_18 inpunct
20lawlawNOUNNumber=Sing16 sonnmod
21;;PUNCT_24 tookpunct
22thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art23 motherdet
23mothermotherNOUNNumber=Sing24 tooknsubj
24tooktakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin13 liftedparataxis
25herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs26 daughternmod:poss
26daughterdaughterNOUNNumber=Sing24 tookobj
27ininADP_29 armscase
28herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs29 armsnmod:poss
29armsarmNOUNNumber=Plur24 tookobl
30,,PUNCT_34 camepunct
31andandCCONJ_34 camecc
32twotwoNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card33 servantsnummod
33servantsservantNOUNNumber=Plur34 camensubj
34camecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin24 tookconj
35forwardforwardADV_34 cameadvmod
36andandCCONJ_37 liftedcc
37liftedliftVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin34 cameconj
38upupADP_37 liftedcompound:prt
39thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art40 boysdet
40boysboyNOUNNumber=Plur37 liftedobj
41..PUNCT_2 Arisepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1arise in a quoteimperativeyou not said heremy childrenvn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location child=Theme
2lift uppastyou not said hereman's sonlawvn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent son=Theme in law=Destination
3takepastthe mothermother's daughtermother's armsvn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent daughter=Value in arm=Location
4come forwardpasttwo servantsforward propertyvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5lift uppasttwo servants not said herethe boysvn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Theme

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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