Gleanings from Chinese folklore, Miss Nellie N. Russell’s Unique Work, sentence 16
And how wonderfully she entered into every one’s life, whether of the evangelist, his wife, the Christian school teacher, the wife of the richest man in the region roundabout, the old lady tottering to her grave, or the young daughter-in-law, the bride, or the little mischievous boy.
Who acts: simplicity, old lady · What happens: enter, totter · To what, where: life, grave
This is a sentence of «Gleanings from Chinese folklore» by Nellie Naomi Russell, Miss Nellie N. Russell’s Unique Work. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (simplicity, old lady), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 entered | cc |
| 2 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 wonderfully | advmod |
| 3 | wonderfully | wonderfully | ADV | _ | 5 entered | advmod |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 entered | nsubj |
| 5 | entered | enter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | into | into | ADP | _ | 10 life | case |
| 7 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 one | det |
| 8 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 life | nmod:poss |
| 9 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 8 one | case |
| 10 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 entered | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 evangelist | punct |
| 12 | whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 15 evangelist | mark |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 evangelist | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 evangelist | det |
| 15 | evangelist | evangelist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 entered | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 wife | punct |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 wife | nmod:poss |
| 18 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 evangelist | conj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 teacher | punct |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 teacher | det |
| 21 | Christian | Christian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 teacher | amod |
| 22 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 teacher | compound |
| 23 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 evangelist | conj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 wife | punct |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 wife | det |
| 26 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 evangelist | conj |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 man | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 man | det |
| 29 | richest | rich | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 30 man | amod |
| 30 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 wife | nmod |
| 31 | in | in | ADP | _ | 34 roundabout | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 roundabout | det |
| 33 | region | region | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 roundabout | compound |
| 34 | roundabout | roundabout | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 man | nmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 lady | punct |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 lady | det |
| 37 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 lady | amod |
| 38 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 evangelist | conj |
| 39 | tottering | totter | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 38 lady | acl |
| 40 | to | to | ADP | _ | 42 grave | case |
| 41 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 grave | nmod:poss |
| 42 | grave | grave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 tottering | obl |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 law | punct |
| 44 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 51 law | cc |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 daughter | det |
| 46 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 daughter | amod |
| 47 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 law | nsubj |
| 48 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 51 law | punct |
| 49 | in | in | ADP | _ | 51 law | case |
| 50 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 49 in | punct |
| 51 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 evangelist | conj |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 bride | punct |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 bride | det |
| 54 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 evangelist | conj |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 boy | punct |
| 56 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 60 boy | cc |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 boy | det |
| 58 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 60 boy | amod |
| 59 | mischievous | mischievous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 60 boy | amod |
| 60 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 evangelist | conj |
| 61 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 entered | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enter | past | simplicity | every one's life | of the evangelist and mule's wife and the Christian school teacher and the wife of the richest man in the region roundabout and the old lady or law the young daughter and the bride or the little mischievous boy; wonderfully property | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme into life=Initial_Location of evangelist=Destination | |||
| 2 | totter | gerund | the old lady not said here | simplicity's grave | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to grave=Destination |
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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