Gleanings from Chinese folklore, Nellie N. Russell, sentence 119
As the expense of publication is borne by friends, whatever money returns come from their sale will go directly to the work to which Miss Russell gave her latest strength, “The Hall of Enlightenment,” or Ming Lung Tang in Peking, which is a growing social centre and the point from which radiate lines of influence which touch the lives of the women of that city in a variety of ways.
Who acts: friends, money returns, sale, Miss, borne Lung Tang, radiate lines · What happens: bear, come, go, give, grow, be · To what, where: expense, work, latest strength, growing social centre, lives, borne Lung Tang
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 (friends, money returns, sale, Miss), 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 | As | as | SCONJ | _ | 7 borne | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 expense | det |
| 3 | expense | expense | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 borne | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 publication | case |
| 5 | publication | publication | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 expense | nmod |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 borne | aux:pass |
| 7 | borne | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 43 Tang | amod |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 friends | case |
| 9 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 borne | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 come | punct |
| 11 | whatever | whatever | DET | PronType=Int | 13 returns | det |
| 12 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 returns | compound |
| 13 | returns | return | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 come | nsubj |
| 14 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 borne | conj |
| 15 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 19 go | mark |
| 16 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 sale | nmod:poss |
| 17 | sale | sale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 go | nsubj |
| 18 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 19 go | aux |
| 19 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 come | advcl |
| 20 | directly | directly | ADV | _ | 19 go | advmod |
| 21 | to | to | ADP | _ | 23 work | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 work | det |
| 23 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 go | obl |
| 24 | to | to | ADP | _ | 25 which | case |
| 25 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 28 gave | obl |
| 26 | Miss | Miss | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 gave | nsubj |
| 27 | Russell | Russell | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 Miss | flat |
| 28 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 go | advcl |
| 29 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 strength | nmod:poss |
| 30 | latest | late | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 31 strength | amod |
| 31 | strength | strength | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 gave | obj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 Hall | punct |
| 33 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 35 Hall | punct |
| 34 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 Hall | det |
| 35 | Hall | Hall | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 strength | appos |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 Enlightenment | case |
| 37 | Enlightenment | Enlightenment | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 Hall | nmod |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 borne | punct |
| 39 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 borne | punct |
| 40 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 43 Tang | cc |
| 41 | Ming | Ming | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 Lung | compound |
| 42 | Lung | Lung | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 Tang | compound |
| 43 | Tang | Tang | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 44 | in | in | ADP | _ | 45 Peking | case |
| 45 | Peking | Peking | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 Tang | nmod |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 centre | punct |
| 47 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 52 centre | nsubj |
| 48 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 52 centre | cop |
| 49 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 52 centre | det |
| 50 | growing | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 52 centre | amod |
| 51 | social | social | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 centre | amod |
| 52 | centre | centre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 Tang | appos |
| 53 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 55 point | cc |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 point | det |
| 55 | point | point | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 centre | conj |
| 56 | from | from | ADP | _ | 57 which | case |
| 57 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 59 lines | det |
| 58 | radiate | radiate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 59 lines | amod |
| 59 | lines | line | NOUN | Number=Plur | 55 point | nmod |
| 60 | of | of | ADP | _ | 61 influence | case |
| 61 | influence | influence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 lines | nmod |
| 62 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 63 touch | nsubj |
| 63 | touch | touch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 59 lines | acl:relcl |
| 64 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 65 lives | det |
| 65 | lives | life | NOUN | Number=Plur | 63 touch | obj |
| 66 | of | of | ADP | _ | 68 women | case |
| 67 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 68 women | det |
| 68 | women | woman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 65 lives | nmod |
| 69 | of | of | ADP | _ | 71 city | case |
| 70 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 71 city | det |
| 71 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 68 women | nmod |
| 72 | in | in | ADP | _ | 74 variety | case |
| 73 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 74 variety | det |
| 74 | variety | variety | NOUN | Number=Sing | 71 city | nmod |
| 75 | of | of | ADP | _ | 76 ways | case |
| 76 | ways | way | NOUN | Number=Plur | 74 variety | nmod |
| 77 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 52 centre | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bear | present · passive | friends | the expense of publication | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | come | present | whatever money returns | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | go | future | returns's sale | the work | directly property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to work=Initial_Location | |||
| 4 | give | past | Miss | Miss's latest strength | which obl | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent strength=Theme to which=Recipient | |||
| 5 | grow | gerund | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 6 | is a | present | borne Lung Tang in Peking | a growing social centre and the point which radiate lines of influence | the point which radiate lines of influence conj | tree rules | |||
| 7 | touch | present | which radiate lines of influence | the lives of the women of that city in a variety of ways | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme life=Co-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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