Gleanings from Chinese folklore, Nellie N. Russell, sentence 10
At this time the eldest sister, Janet, was in Michigan, and the following spring Nellie, with her brother William, joined her there, while the younger sister remained with their guardian, Dr. D. F.
Who acts: following spring · What happens: be, follow, join, remain · To what, where: Michigan, Nellie, younger sister
This is a sentence of «Gleanings from Chinese folklore» by Nellie Naomi Russell, Nellie N. Russell. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (following spring), 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 | At | at | ADP | _ | 3 time | case |
| 2 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 time | det |
| 3 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 Michigan | obl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 sister | det |
| 5 | eldest | eld | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 sister | amod |
| 6 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 time | appos |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 Janet | punct |
| 8 | Janet | Janet | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 sister | appos |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 time | punct |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 Michigan | cop |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 Michigan | case |
| 12 | Michigan | Michigan | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 joined | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 joined | cc |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 spring | det |
| 16 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 17 spring | amod |
| 17 | spring | spring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 joined | nsubj |
| 18 | Nellie | Nellie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 spring | appos |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 brother | punct |
| 20 | with | with | ADP | _ | 22 brother | case |
| 21 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 brother | nmod:poss |
| 22 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 Nellie | appos |
| 23 | William | William | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 brother | appos |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 Nellie | punct |
| 25 | joined | join | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 Michigan | acl:relcl |
| 26 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 joined | obj |
| 27 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 25 joined | advmod |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 sister | punct |
| 29 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 32 sister | mark |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 sister | det |
| 31 | younger | young | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 32 sister | amod |
| 32 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 joined | obl |
| 33 | remained | remain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 32 sister | acl |
| 34 | with | with | ADP | _ | 36 guardian | case |
| 35 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 guardian | nmod:poss |
| 36 | guardian | guardian | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 remained | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 D. | punct |
| 38 | Dr. | Dr. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 D. | nmod:desc |
| 39 | D. | D. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Michigan | conj |
| 40 | F | F | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 D. | flat |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 Michigan | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Michigan and D. Dr. | time | D. Dr. conj | tree rules | |||
| 2 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | join | past | the following spring | Nellie | there | the younger sister obl | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | ||
| 4 | remain | participle | the younger sister not said here | with children's guardian | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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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