Gleanings from Chinese folklore, Nellie N. Russell, sentence 57
During the anarchist riots in Chicago, when even men did not dare go into the disturbed neighbourhood, Miss Russell went without fear, and without protection, to the anarchist headquarters to comfort the little old mother of one of the condemned men.
Who acts: men, Miss Russell · What happens: riot, not dare, not go, disturb, go, comfort · To what, where: Chicago, disturbed neighbourhood, little old mother
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 (men, Miss Russell), 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 | During | during | ADP | _ | 3 anarchist | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 anarchist | det |
| 3 | anarchist | anarchist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 riots | obl |
| 4 | riots | riot | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 Chicago | case |
| 6 | Chicago | Chicago | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 riots | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 dare | punct |
| 8 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 13 dare | advmod |
| 9 | even | even | ADV | _ | 10 men | advmod |
| 10 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 dare | nsubj |
| 11 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 dare | aux |
| 12 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 dare | advmod |
| 13 | dare | dare | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 riots | parataxis |
| 14 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 dare | xcomp |
| 15 | into | into | ADP | _ | 18 neighbourhood | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 neighbourhood | det |
| 17 | disturbed | disturb | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 neighbourhood | amod |
| 18 | neighbourhood | neighbourhood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 go | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 went | punct |
| 20 | Miss | Miss | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 Russell | compound |
| 21 | Russell | Russell | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 went | nsubj |
| 22 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 dare | conj |
| 23 | without | without | ADP | _ | 24 fear | case |
| 24 | fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 went | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 protection | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 protection | cc |
| 27 | without | without | ADP | _ | 28 protection | case |
| 28 | protection | protection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 dare | obl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 headquarters | punct |
| 30 | to | to | ADP | _ | 33 headquarters | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 headquarters | det |
| 32 | anarchist | anarchist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 headquarters | compound |
| 33 | headquarters | headquarters | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 13 dare | obl |
| 34 | to | to | PART | _ | 35 comfort | mark |
| 35 | comfort | comfort | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 33 headquarters | acl |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 mother | det |
| 37 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 mother | amod |
| 38 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 mother | amod |
| 39 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 comfort | obj |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 one | case |
| 41 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 39 mother | nmod |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 men | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 men | det |
| 44 | condemned | condemn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 45 men | amod |
| 45 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 one | nmod |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 riots | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | riot | present | Chicago | during the anarchist | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not dare | past · do-support | men | without protection; to the anarchist headquarters | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | not go | infinitive | men not said here | the disturbed neighbourhood | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into neighbourhood=Initial_Location | ||||
| 4 | disturb | participle | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 5 | go | past | Miss Russell | without fear | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | comfort | to-infinitive | men not said here | the little old mother of one of the condemned men | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus mother=Experiencer | ||||
| 7 | condemn | participle | vn suspect-81 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent |
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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