Gleanings from Chinese folklore, Nellie N. Russell, sentence 27
She was an eager, enthusiastic student and was recognized at once by her companions as a leader, was made president of her class, and of the first missionary society formed among the pupils of the Northfield Seminary.
Who acts: sum, companions · What happens: be, recognize, make, form · To what, where: eager enthusiastic student, first missionary society
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 (sum, companions), 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 | 7 student | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 student | cop |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 student | det |
| 4 | eager | eager | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 student | amod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 eager | punct |
| 6 | enthusiastic | enthusiastic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 student | amod |
| 7 | student | student | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 made | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 recognized | cc |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 recognized | aux:pass |
| 10 | recognized | recognize | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 student | conj |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 once | case |
| 12 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 10 recognized | obl |
| 13 | by | by | ADP | _ | 15 companions | case |
| 14 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 companions | nmod:poss |
| 15 | companions | companion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 recognized | obl |
| 16 | as | as | ADP | _ | 18 leader | case |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 leader | det |
| 18 | leader | leader | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 recognized | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 student | punct |
| 20 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 made | aux:pass |
| 21 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 22 | president | president | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 made | xcomp |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 class | case |
| 24 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 class | nmod:poss |
| 25 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 president | nmod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 society | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 society | cc |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 society | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 society | det |
| 30 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 32 society | amod |
| 31 | missionary | missionary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 society | compound |
| 32 | society | society | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 made | parataxis |
| 33 | formed | form | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 32 society | acl |
| 34 | among | among | ADP | _ | 36 pupils | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 pupils | det |
| 36 | pupils | pupil | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 formed | obl |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 Seminary | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 Seminary | det |
| 39 | Northfield | Northfield | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 Seminary | compound |
| 40 | Seminary | Seminary | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 pupils | nmod |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 21 made | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | sum | a eager enthusiastic student | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | recognize | past · passive | sum's companions | as a leader | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as leader=Attribute | ||||
| 3 | make | past · passive | a eager enthusiastic student | president of sum's class xcomp; the first missionary society parataxis | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ||||
| 4 | form | participle | the first missionary society not said here | among the pupils of the Northfield Seminary | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme among pupil=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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