Gleanings from Chinese folklore, Nellie N. Russell, sentence 98
In those days the kerosene lamp was a luxury almost unknown outside the large cities; never seen anywhere in the homes of the poor.
Who acts: kerosene lamp · What happens: be, not see · To what, where: luxury, homes
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 (kerosene lamp), 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 | _ | 3 days | case |
| 2 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 3 days | det |
| 3 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 luxury | obl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 lamp | det |
| 5 | kerosene | kerosene | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lamp | compound |
| 6 | lamp | lamp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 luxury | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 luxury | cop |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 luxury | det |
| 9 | luxury | luxury | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | almost | almost | ADV | _ | 11 unknown | advmod |
| 11 | unknown | unknown | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 luxury | amod |
| 12 | outside | outside | ADP | _ | 15 cities | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 cities | det |
| 14 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 cities | amod |
| 15 | cities | city | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 unknown | obl |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 18 seen | punct |
| 17 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 18 seen | advmod |
| 18 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 luxury | acl |
| 19 | anywhere | anywhere | ADV | PronType=Ind | 18 seen | advmod |
| 20 | in | in | ADP | _ | 22 homes | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 homes | det |
| 22 | homes | home | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 seen | obl |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 poor | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 poor | det |
| 25 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 homes | nmod |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 luxury | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the kerosene lamp | a luxury | day | tree rules | |||
| 2 | not see | participle | a luxury not said here | the homes of the poor | anywhere property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: 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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