Gleanings from Chinese folklore, Nellie N. Russell, sentence 13
Dr. Coolidge, at her earnest request, advanced the money for her travelling expenses from the funds of a small legacy left her by her uncle, on condition that it should be returned to the fund from her first earnings.
Who acts: Coolidge, money, condition, Nellie · What happens: advance, leave, return, request, fund · To what, where: Nellie, condition, money, fund, small legacy
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 (Coolidge, money, condition, Nellie), 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 | Dr. | Dr. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Coolidge | nmod:desc |
| 2 | Coolidge | Coolidge | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 advanced | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 request | punct |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 request | case |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 request | nmod:poss |
| 6 | earnest | earn | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 request | amod |
| 7 | request | request | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Coolidge | appos |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Coolidge | punct |
| 9 | advanced | advance | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 money | det |
| 11 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 left | nsubj |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 expenses | case |
| 13 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 expenses | nmod:poss |
| 14 | travelling | travelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 expenses | compound |
| 15 | expenses | expense | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 money | nmod |
| 16 | from | from | ADP | _ | 18 funds | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 funds | det |
| 18 | funds | fund | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 expenses | nmod |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 legacy | case |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 legacy | det |
| 21 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 legacy | amod |
| 22 | legacy | legacy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 funds | nmod |
| 23 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 advanced | ccomp |
| 24 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 left | obj |
| 25 | by | by | ADP | _ | 27 uncle | case |
| 26 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 uncle | nmod:poss |
| 27 | uncle | uncle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 left | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 condition | punct |
| 29 | on | on | ADP | _ | 30 condition | case |
| 30 | condition | condition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 left | obl |
| 31 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 35 returned | mark |
| 32 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 returned | nsubj:pass |
| 33 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 35 returned | aux |
| 34 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 35 returned | aux:pass |
| 35 | returned | return | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 30 condition | acl:relcl |
| 36 | to | to | ADP | _ | 38 fund | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 fund | det |
| 38 | fund | fund | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 returned | obl |
| 39 | from | from | ADP | _ | 42 earnings | case |
| 40 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 earnings | nmod:poss |
| 41 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 42 earnings | amod |
| 42 | earnings | earning | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 fund | nmod |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 advanced | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | advance | past | Coolidge Dr. | vn promote-102 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | leave | past | the money for Nellie's travelling expenses from the funds of a small legacy | Nellie | condition | by Nellie's uncle | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme by uncle=Location | ||
| 3 | return | should · passive | condition not said here | money | the fund from Nellie's first earnings | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to fund=Destination | |||
| 4 | request | Nellie | nom request «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 5 | fund | a small legacy | nom fund «possession transitive»: of=patient |
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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