Gleanings from Chinese folklore, Nellie N. Russell, sentence 64
Coolidge of Ludlow, Vermont, show how heavy were the burdens of her youth and explain, in a measure, her peculiar and yearning sympathy for toilers struggling under difficulties for an entrance into a larger intellectual and social life; for widowed mothers, caring for groups of children, and for young students making their way with little aid through courses of study.
Who acts: Coolidge, toilers, widowed mothers, young students · What happens: show, be, explain, yearn, struggle, widow · To what, where: heavy burdens, measure, larger intellectual life, sympathy, difficulties, way
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, toilers, widowed mothers, young students), 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 | Coolidge | Coolidge | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 show | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 3 Ludlow | case |
| 3 | Ludlow | Ludlow | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Coolidge | nmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 Vermont | punct |
| 5 | Vermont | Vermont | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Coolidge | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Coolidge | punct |
| 7 | show | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 heavy | advmod |
| 9 | heavy | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 burdens | amod |
| 10 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 burdens | cop |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 burdens | det |
| 12 | burdens | burden | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 show | obj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 youth | case |
| 14 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 youth | nmod:poss |
| 15 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 burdens | nmod |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 explain | cc |
| 17 | explain | explain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 show | conj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 measure | punct |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 measure | case |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 measure | det |
| 21 | measure | measure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 explain | obj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 peculiar | punct |
| 23 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 peculiar | nmod:poss |
| 24 | peculiar | peculiar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 measure | conj |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 yearning | cc |
| 26 | yearning | yearn | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 21 measure | conj |
| 27 | sympathy | sympathy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 yearning | obj |
| 28 | for | for | ADP | _ | 29 toilers | case |
| 29 | toilers | toiler | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 yearning | obl |
| 30 | struggling | struggle | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 29 toilers | acl |
| 31 | under | under | ADP | _ | 32 difficulties | case |
| 32 | difficulties | difficulty | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 struggling | obl |
| 33 | for | for | ADP | _ | 35 entrance | case |
| 34 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 35 entrance | det |
| 35 | entrance | entrance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 difficulties | nmod |
| 36 | into | into | ADP | _ | 42 life | case |
| 37 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 42 life | det |
| 38 | larger | large | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 42 life | amod |
| 39 | intellectual | intellectual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 life | amod |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 social | cc |
| 41 | social | social | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 intellectual | conj |
| 42 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 explain | obl |
| 43 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 46 mothers | punct |
| 44 | for | for | ADP | _ | 46 mothers | case |
| 45 | widowed | widow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 46 mothers | amod |
| 46 | mothers | mother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 show | parataxis |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 caring | punct |
| 48 | caring | care | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 46 mothers | acl |
| 49 | for | for | ADP | _ | 50 groups | case |
| 50 | groups | group | NOUN | Number=Plur | 48 caring | obl |
| 51 | of | of | ADP | _ | 52 children | case |
| 52 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 50 groups | nmod |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 students | punct |
| 54 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 57 students | cc |
| 55 | for | for | ADP | _ | 57 students | case |
| 56 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 57 students | amod |
| 57 | students | student | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 show | parataxis |
| 58 | making | make | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 57 students | acl |
| 59 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 60 way | nmod:poss |
| 60 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 making | obj |
| 61 | with | with | ADP | _ | 63 aid | case |
| 62 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 63 aid | amod |
| 63 | aid | aid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 making | obl |
| 64 | through | through | ADP | _ | 65 courses | case |
| 65 | courses | course | NOUN | Number=Plur | 63 aid | nmod |
| 66 | of | of | ADP | _ | 67 study | case |
| 67 | study | study | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 courses | nmod |
| 68 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 show | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | Coolidge of Ludlow and Vermont | widowed mothers parataxis; young students parataxis | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is a | past | the heavy burdens | of Russell's youth | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | explain speech: assert | infinitive | Coolidge of Ludlow and Vermont not said here | a measure and Russell's peculiar | a larger intellectual life | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent measure=Topic | |||
| 4 | yearn | gerund | Coolidge of Ludlow and Vermont not said here | sympathy | for toilers | tree rules | |||
| 5 | struggle | gerund | toilers not said here | difficulties for a entrance | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | widow | participle | vn orphan-29.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 7 | care | gerund | widowed mothers not said here | for groups of children | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for group=Theme | ||||
| 8 | make | gerund | young students not said here | Coolidge's way | with little aid through courses of study | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset way=Product |
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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