Gleanings from Chinese folklore, Nellie N. Russell, sentence 72
The springs of her life deepened as the physical resources were depleted, and we who were much with her during the last years often realized that she drank from celestial fountains and in weakness found courage and power among the Hills of God.
Who acts: springs, we, Russell · What happens: deepen, deplete, be, realize, drink, find · To what, where: physical resources, celestial fountains, courage, weakness · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (springs, we, 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 springs | det |
| 2 | springs | spring | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 deepened | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 life | case |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 life | nmod:poss |
| 5 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 springs | nmod |
| 6 | deepened | deepen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 12 depleted | mark |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 resources | det |
| 9 | physical | physical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 resources | amod |
| 10 | resources | resource | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 depleted | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 depleted | aux:pass |
| 12 | depleted | deplete | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 deepened | advcl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 realized | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 realized | cc |
| 15 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 26 realized | nsubj |
| 16 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 20 her | nsubj |
| 17 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 her | cop |
| 18 | much | much | ADV | _ | 20 her | advmod |
| 19 | with | with | ADP | _ | 20 her | case |
| 20 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 we | conj |
| 21 | during | during | ADP | _ | 24 years | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 years | det |
| 23 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 years | amod |
| 24 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 we | obl |
| 25 | often | often | ADV | _ | 26 realized | advmod |
| 26 | realized | realize | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 deepened | parataxis |
| 27 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 29 drank | mark |
| 28 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 drank | nsubj |
| 29 | drank | drink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 realized | ccomp |
| 30 | from | from | ADP | _ | 32 fountains | case |
| 31 | celestial | celestial | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 fountains | compound |
| 32 | fountains | fountain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 drank | obl |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 found | cc |
| 34 | in | in | ADP | _ | 35 weakness | case |
| 35 | weakness | weakness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 found | obl |
| 36 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 drank | conj |
| 37 | courage | courage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 found | obj |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 power | cc |
| 39 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 courage | conj |
| 40 | among | among | ADP | _ | 42 Hills | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 Hills | det |
| 42 | Hills | Hill | PROPN | Number=Plur | 37 courage | nmod |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 44 God | case |
| 44 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 Hills | nmod |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 deepened | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | deepen | past | the springs of Russell's life | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | deplete | past · passive | the physical resources | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Source | |||||
| 3 | is | past | with Russell; who nsubj | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | realize | past | we | often property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | drink | past | Russell | celestial fountains | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from fountain=Source | ||||
| 6 | find | past | Russell not said here | courage and power | weakness | among the Hills of God | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent courage=Topic |
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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