Gleanings from Chinese folklore, A Story of Old China, part 3, sentence 141

She read the one from her husband, asking her pardon for his neglect, saying he had no means of expressing his deep regret, telling of his present circumstances and comforts, and thanking her for sending the son.

Who acts: Yü, husband, no · What happens: read, ask, say, have, mean, express · To what, where: one, pardon, deep regret, Yü, son · 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 (Yü, husband, no), 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 read	nsubj
2	read	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 one	det
4	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 read	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 husband	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 husband	nmod:poss
7	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 read	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 asking	punct
9	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 read	advcl
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 pardon	nmod:poss
11	pardon	pardon	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 asking	obj
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 neglect	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 neglect	nmod:poss
14	neglect	neglect	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 asking	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 saying	punct
16	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 asking	conj
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 had	nsubj
18	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 saying	ccomp
19	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	20 means	nsubj
20	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 had	ccomp
21	of	of	SCONJ	_	22 expressing	mark
22	expressing	express	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	20 means	advcl
23	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 regret	nmod:poss
24	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 regret	amod
25	regret	regret	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 expressing	obj
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 telling	punct
27	telling	tell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	22 expressing	conj
28	of	of	ADP	_	31 circumstances	case
29	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	31 circumstances	nmod:poss
30	present	present	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 circumstances	amod
31	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 telling	obl
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 comforts	cc
33	comforts	comfort	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 circumstances	conj
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 thanking	punct
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 thanking	cc
36	thanking	thank	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 saying	conj
37	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 thanking	obj
38	for	for	SCONJ	_	39 sending	mark
39	sending	send	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	36 thanking	advcl
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 son	det
41	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 sending	obj
42	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 read	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	read	past	Yü	the one		from Yü's husband	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent one=Topic from husband=Source
2	ask speech: ask	gerund	Yü not said here	Yü's pardon		for husband's neglect	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent pardon=Recipient
3	say speech: assert	gerund	Yü not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	have	past	husband				tree rules
5	mean	present	no				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
6	express	gerund	no not said here	husband's deep regret			vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent regret=Theme
7	tell speech: assert	gerund	no not said here			of husband's present circumstances and comforts	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	thank speech: thank	gerund	Yü not said here		Yü		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
9	send	gerund	Yü not said here	the son			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Theme
10	pardon		Yü				nom pardon «act transitive»: poss=agent
11	neglect		husband				nom neglect «cognition transitive»: poss=agent
12	regret		husband				nom regret «feeling intransitive»: 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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🌲 Gleanings from Chinese folklore, A Story of Old China, part 3, sentence 141

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Gleanings from Chinese folklore, A Story of Old China, part 3, sentence 141