Gleanings from Chinese folklore, Nellie N. Russell, sentence 96
She learned from the Christian women many Chinese household arts and liked to show her missionary associates of less dexterity that she could feed a fire under a native kettle with as little waste of fuel and as large result in the boiling of porridge as those to the manner born.
Who acts: Russell · What happens: learn, like, show, feed, bear · To what, where: many Chinese household arts, missionary associates, fire, native kettle, manner
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 (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 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 learned | nsubj |
| 2 | learned | learn | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 women | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 women | det |
| 5 | Christian | Christian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 women | amod |
| 6 | women | woman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 learned | obl |
| 7 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 arts | amod |
| 8 | Chinese | Chinese | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 arts | amod |
| 9 | household | household | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 arts | compound |
| 10 | arts | art | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 learned | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 liked | cc |
| 12 | liked | like | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 learned | conj |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 show | mark |
| 14 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 liked | xcomp |
| 15 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 associates | nmod:poss |
| 16 | missionary | missionary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 associates | compound |
| 17 | associates | associate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 show | obj |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 dexterity | case |
| 19 | less | less | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 20 dexterity | amod |
| 20 | dexterity | dexterity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 associates | nmod |
| 21 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 24 feed | mark |
| 22 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 feed | nsubj |
| 23 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 24 feed | aux |
| 24 | feed | feed | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 show | advcl |
| 25 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 fire | det |
| 26 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 feed | obj |
| 27 | under | under | ADP | _ | 30 kettle | case |
| 28 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 30 kettle | det |
| 29 | native | native | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 kettle | amod |
| 30 | kettle | kettle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 feed | obl |
| 31 | with | with | ADP | _ | 34 waste | case |
| 32 | as | as | ADP | _ | 34 waste | case |
| 33 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 waste | amod |
| 34 | waste | waste | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 feed | obl |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 fuel | case |
| 36 | fuel | fuel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 waste | nmod |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 result | cc |
| 38 | as | as | ADP | _ | 40 result | case |
| 39 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 result | amod |
| 40 | result | result | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 fuel | conj |
| 41 | in | in | ADP | _ | 43 boiling | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 boiling | det |
| 43 | boiling | boiling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 result | nmod |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 porridge | case |
| 45 | porridge | porridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 boiling | nmod |
| 46 | as | as | ADP | _ | 47 those | case |
| 47 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 24 feed | obl |
| 48 | to | to | ADP | _ | 50 manner | case |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 manner | det |
| 50 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 those | nmod |
| 51 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 50 manner | acl |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 learned | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learn | past | Russell | many Chinese household arts | from the Christian women | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent art=Topic from woman=Source | |||
| 2 | like | participle | Russell not said here | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | show not said to happen | to-infinitive | Russell not said here | Russell's missionary associates of less dexterity | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent associate=Recipient | ||||
| 4 | feed | could | Russell | a fire | a native kettle | with little waste of fuel and large result in the boiling of porridge; as those to the manner | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Recipient | ||
| 5 | bear | participle | the manner not said here | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
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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