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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

nsubjcasenmodpunctconjpunctadvmodamodcopdetobjcasenmod:possnmodccconjpunctcasedetobjpunctnmod:possconjccconjobjcaseoblaclcaseoblcasedetnmodcasedetamodamodccconjoblpunctcaseamodparataxispunctaclcaseoblcasenmodpunctcccaseamodparataxisaclnmod:possobjcaseamodoblcasenmodcasenmodpunctrootCoolidgePROPNofADPLudlowPROPN,PUNCTVermontPROPN,PUNCTshowVERBhowADVheavyADJwereAUXtheDETburdensNOUNofADPherPRONyouthNOUNandCCONJexplainVERB,PUNCTinADPaDETmeasureNOUN,PUNCTherPRONpeculiarNOUNandCCONJyearningVERBsympathyNOUNforADPtoilersNOUNstrugglingVERBunderADPdifficultiesNOUNforADPanDETentranceNOUNintoADPaDETlargerADJintellectualADJandCCONJsocialADJlifeNOUN;PUNCTforADPwidowedVERBmothersNOUN,PUNCTcaringVERBforADPgroupsNOUNofADPchildrenNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJforADPyoungADJstudentsNOUNmakingVERBtheirPRONwayNOUNwithADPlittleADJaidNOUNthroughADPcoursesNOUNofADPstudyNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1CoolidgeCoolidgePROPNNumber=Sing7 shownsubj
2ofofADP_3 Ludlowcase
3LudlowLudlowPROPNNumber=Sing1 Coolidgenmod
4,,PUNCT_5 Vermontpunct
5VermontVermontPROPNNumber=Sing1 Coolidgeconj
6,,PUNCT_1 Coolidgepunct
7showshowVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
8howhowADVPronType=Int9 heavyadvmod
9heavyheavyADJDegree=Pos12 burdensamod
10werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin12 burdenscop
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 burdensdet
12burdensburdenNOUNNumber=Plur7 showobj
13ofofADP_15 youthcase
14herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs15 youthnmod:poss
15youthyouthNOUNNumber=Sing12 burdensnmod
16andandCCONJ_17 explaincc
17explainexplainVERBVerbForm=Inf7 showconj
18,,PUNCT_21 measurepunct
19ininADP_21 measurecase
20aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art21 measuredet
21measuremeasureNOUNNumber=Sing17 explainobj
22,,PUNCT_24 peculiarpunct
23herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs24 peculiarnmod:poss
24peculiarpeculiarNOUNNumber=Sing21 measureconj
25andandCCONJ_26 yearningcc
26yearningyearnVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part21 measureconj
27sympathysympathyNOUNNumber=Sing26 yearningobj
28forforADP_29 toilerscase
29toilerstoilerNOUNNumber=Plur26 yearningobl
30strugglingstruggleVERBVerbForm=Ger29 toilersacl
31underunderADP_32 difficultiescase
32difficultiesdifficultyNOUNNumber=Plur30 strugglingobl
33forforADP_35 entrancecase
34anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art35 entrancedet
35entranceentranceNOUNNumber=Sing32 difficultiesnmod
36intointoADP_42 lifecase
37aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art42 lifedet
38largerlargeADJDegree=Cmp42 lifeamod
39intellectualintellectualADJDegree=Pos42 lifeamod
40andandCCONJ_41 socialcc
41socialsocialADJDegree=Pos39 intellectualconj
42lifelifeNOUNNumber=Sing17 explainobl
43;;PUNCT_46 motherspunct
44forforADP_46 motherscase
45widowedwidowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass46 mothersamod
46mothersmotherNOUNNumber=Plur7 showparataxis
47,,PUNCT_48 caringpunct
48caringcareVERBVerbForm=Ger46 mothersacl
49forforADP_50 groupscase
50groupsgroupNOUNNumber=Plur48 caringobl
51ofofADP_52 childrencase
52childrenchildNOUNNumber=Plur50 groupsnmod
53,,PUNCT_57 studentspunct
54andandCCONJ_57 studentscc
55forforADP_57 studentscase
56youngyoungADJDegree=Pos57 studentsamod
57studentsstudentNOUNNumber=Plur7 showparataxis
58makingmakeVERBVerbForm=Ger57 studentsacl
59theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs60 waynmod:poss
60waywayNOUNNumber=Sing58 makingobj
61withwithADP_63 aidcase
62littlelittleADJDegree=Pos63 aidamod
63aidaidNOUNNumber=Sing58 makingobl
64throughthroughADP_65 coursescase
65coursescourseNOUNNumber=Plur63 aidnmod
66ofofADP_67 studycase
67studystudyNOUNNumber=Sing65 coursesnmod
68..PUNCT_7 showpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1showpresentCoolidge of Ludlow and Vermontwidowed mothers parataxis; young students parataxisvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2is apastthe heavy burdensof Russell's youthtree rules
3explain speech: assertinfinitiveCoolidge of Ludlow and Vermont not said herea measure and Russell's peculiara larger intellectual lifevn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent measure=Topic
4yearngerundCoolidge of Ludlow and Vermont not said heresympathyfor toilerstree rules
5strugglegerundtoilers not said heredifficulties for a entrancevn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6widowparticiplevn orphan-29.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
7caregerundwidowed mothers not said herefor groups of childrenvn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for group=Theme
8makegerundyoung students not said hereCoolidge's waywith little aid through courses of studyvn 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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