Gleanings from Chinese folklore, Nellie N. Russell, sentence 110
She had come to realize, as the later years brought increased physical suffering, that the time might be short and said many times in the last few months, “I must get my stories together on my next furlough, whether I come back to China or not.”
Who acts: Russell, later years, time · What happens: come, realize, bring, increase, be, say · To what, where: increased physical suffering, stories, next furlough, China · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (Russell, later years, time), 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 | 3 come | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 come | aux |
| 3 | come | come | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 realize | mark |
| 5 | realize | realize | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 come | xcomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 brought | punct |
| 7 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 11 brought | mark |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 years | det |
| 9 | later | late | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 10 years | amod |
| 10 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 brought | nsubj |
| 11 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 come | conj |
| 12 | increased | increase | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 suffering | amod |
| 13 | physical | physical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 suffering | amod |
| 14 | suffering | suffering | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 brought | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 short | punct |
| 16 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 21 short | mark |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 time | det |
| 18 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 short | nsubj |
| 19 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 21 short | aux |
| 20 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 21 short | cop |
| 21 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 brought | conj |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 said | cc |
| 23 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 short | conj |
| 24 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 times | amod |
| 25 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 said | obl:unmarked |
| 26 | in | in | ADP | _ | 30 months | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 months | det |
| 28 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 months | amod |
| 29 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 months | amod |
| 30 | months | month | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 said | obl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 get | punct |
| 32 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 35 get | punct |
| 33 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 35 get | nsubj |
| 34 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 35 get | aux |
| 35 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 said | ccomp |
| 36 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 stories | nmod:poss |
| 37 | stories | story | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 get | obj |
| 38 | together | together | ADV | _ | 35 get | advmod |
| 39 | on | on | ADP | _ | 42 furlough | case |
| 40 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 furlough | nmod:poss |
| 41 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 furlough | amod |
| 42 | furlough | furlough | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 get | obl |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 come | punct |
| 44 | whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 46 come | mark |
| 45 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 46 come | nsubj |
| 46 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 35 get | parataxis |
| 47 | back | back | ADV | _ | 46 come | advmod |
| 48 | to | to | ADP | _ | 49 China | case |
| 49 | China | China | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 come | obl |
| 50 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 51 not | cc |
| 51 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 49 China | conj |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 come | punct |
| 53 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 come | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past · perfect | Russell | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | realize | to-infinitive | Russell not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | bring | past | the later years | increased physical suffering | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent suffering=Theme | ||||
| 4 | increase | participle | vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 5 | is | might | the time | short property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | say speech: assert | past | the time not said here | month; time | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 7 | get in a quote | must | the time = time | my stories | my next furlough | together property | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent story=Theme on furlough=Source | ||
| 8 | come back in a quote | present | the time = time | China | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to china=Initial_Location |
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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