Gleanings from Chinese folklore, Nellie N. Russell, sentence 73

In the long night watches when pain was her companion, and the burdens of those about her who claimed her never-failing sympathy pressed heavily upon her loving spirit, she would often light the candle at the head of her bed and read from some author of insight a poem or other glowing page, ponder it for relief, and bring to us at the breakfast table the result of her thought upon it, in a radiant face and a gentle aloofness from everything petty and trivial, which banished mere gossip or small talk and sent us refreshed to our tasks.

Who acts: pain, Russell, burdens, radiant face, us, our · What happens: watch, be, claim, not fail, press, light · To what, where: companion, failing sympathy, candle, head, author, result

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 (pain, Russell, burdens, radiant face), 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	In	in	ADP	_	4 night	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 night	det
3	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 night	amod
4	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 watches	obl
5	watches	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 companion	advmod
7	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 companion	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 companion	cop
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 companion	nmod:poss
10	companion	companion	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 watches	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 ponder	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 ponder	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 burdens	det
14	burdens	burden	NOUN	Number=Plur	59 ponder	nsubj
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 those	case
16	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	14 burdens	nmod
17	about	about	SCONJ	_	20 claimed	mark
18	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 claimed	nmod:poss
19	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 claimed	nsubj
20	claimed	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 those	advcl
21	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 sympathy	nmod:poss
22	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	24 failing	advmod
23	-	-	PUNCT	_	22 never	punct
24	failing	fail	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	25 sympathy	amod
25	sympathy	sympathy	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 claimed	obj
26	pressed	press	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	25 sympathy	acl
27	heavily	heavily	ADV	_	26 pressed	advmod
28	upon	upon	ADP	_	31 spirit	case
29	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	31 spirit	nmod:poss
30	loving	loving	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 spirit	amod
31	spirit	spirit	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 pressed	obl
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 those	punct
33	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 light	nsubj
34	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	36 light	aux
35	often	often	ADV	_	36 light	advmod
36	light	light	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 those	acl:relcl
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 candle	det
38	candle	candle	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 light	obj
39	at	at	ADP	_	41 head	case
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 head	det
41	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 light	obl
42	of	of	ADP	_	44 bed	case
43	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	44 bed	nmod:poss
44	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 head	nmod
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 read	cc
46	read	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	36 light	conj
47	from	from	ADP	_	49 author	case
48	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	49 author	det
49	author	author	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 read	obl
50	of	of	ADP	_	51 insight	case
51	insight	insight	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 author	nmod
52	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	53 poem	det
53	poem	poem	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 insight	appos
54	or	or	CCONJ	_	57 page	cc
55	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	57 page	amod
56	glowing	glow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	57 page	amod
57	page	page	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 poem	conj
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 those	punct
59	ponder	ponder	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 watches	conj
60	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	59 ponder	obj
61	for	for	ADP	_	62 relief	case
62	relief	relief	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 ponder	obl
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 bring	punct
64	and	and	CCONJ	_	65 bring	cc
65	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 watches	conj
66	to	to	ADP	_	67 us	case
67	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	65 bring	obl
68	at	at	ADP	_	71 table	case
69	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	71 table	det
70	breakfast	breakfast	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 table	compound
71	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 bring	obl
72	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	73 result	det
73	result	result	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 bring	obj
74	of	of	ADP	_	76 thought	case
75	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	76 thought	nmod:poss
76	thought	thought	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 result	nmod
77	upon	upon	ADP	_	78 it	case
78	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	76 thought	nmod
79	,	,	PUNCT	_	83 face	punct
80	in	in	ADP	_	83 face	case
81	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	83 face	det
82	radiant	radiant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	83 face	amod
83	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 bring	parataxis
84	and	and	CCONJ	_	87 aloofness	cc
85	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	87 aloofness	det
86	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	87 aloofness	amod
87	aloofness	aloofness	NOUN	Number=Sing	83 face	conj
88	from	from	ADP	_	90 petty	case
89	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	90 petty	compound
90	petty	petty	NOUN	Number=Sing	87 aloofness	nmod
91	and	and	CCONJ	_	92 trivial	cc
92	trivial	trivial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	83 face	conj
93	,	,	PUNCT	_	95 banished	punct
94	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	95 banished	nsubj
95	banished	banish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	83 face	parataxis
96	mere	mere	ADJ	Degree=Pos	97 gossip	amod
97	gossip	gossip	NOUN	Number=Sing	95 banished	obj
98	or	or	CCONJ	_	100 talk	cc
99	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	100 talk	amod
100	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	97 gossip	conj
101	and	and	CCONJ	_	102 sent	cc
102	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	95 banished	conj
103	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	104 refreshed	nsubj
104	refreshed	refresh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	102 sent	conj
105	to	to	ADP	_	107 tasks	case
106	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	107 tasks	nmod:poss
107	tasks	task	NOUN	Number=Plur	104 refreshed	obl
108	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 watches	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch	present					night		vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	pain	Russell's companion				Russell nmod:poss	tree rules
3	claim speech: other	past		Russell's failing sympathy				Russell nmod:poss; who nsubj	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sympathy=Topic
4	not fail	gerund							vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	press	participle		Russell's failing sympathy not said here				upon Russell's loving spirit; heavily property	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
6	light	would	Russell	the candle		the head of Russell's bed		often property	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent candle=Product
7	read	present	Russell not said here			some author of insight			vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from author=Source
8	glow	gerund							vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
9	ponder	infinitive	the burdens of those	candle				for relief	tree rules
10	bring	infinitive		the result of Russell's thought upon pain	us	the breakfast table		a radiant face and a gentle aloofness from everything petty parataxis	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent result=Theme to we=Destination
11	banish	past	a radiant face and a gentle aloofness from everything petty	mere gossip or small talk					vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gossip=Theme
12	send	past	a radiant face and a gentle aloofness from everything petty not said here						vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
13	refresh	past	us					to our tasks	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
14	burden			those					nom burden «cognition transitive»: of=patient
15	result			Russell's thought upon pain					nom result «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient
16	think		Russell					upon pain	nom thought «cognition transitive»: poss=agent upon=obl
17	task		our						nom task «act transitive»: poss=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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Gleanings from Chinese folklore, Nellie N. Russell, sentence 73