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Gleanings from Chinese folklore, Miss Nellie N. Russell’s Unique Work, sentence 5

Those who had not known Miss Russell intimately can little guess the grief that came to every heart which knew her in China, whether belonging to the missionary body, American or British, the Legation circles of these countries, or the countless hundreds of Chinese who had felt the beautiful uplift of her personality.

Who acts: Those, grief, heart, countless hundreds, personality · What happens: not know, guess, come, know, belong, feel · To what, where: Miss Russell, grief, heart, Russell, China, Legation circles

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 (Those, grief, heart, countless hundreds), 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

nsubjnsubj:passauxadvmodacl:relclcompoundobjadvmodauxadvmoddetobjnsubjacl:relclcasedetoblnsubjacl:relclobjcaseoblpunctmarkadvclcasedetcompoundoblpunctamodccconjpunctdetcompoundoblcasedetnmodpunctccdetamodoblcasenmodnsubjauxacl:relcldetamodxcompcasenmod:possnmodpunctrootThosePRONwhoPRONhadAUXnotPARTknownVERBMissPROPNRussellPROPNintimatelyADVcanAUXlittleADVguessVERBtheDETgriefNOUNthatPRONcameVERBtoADPeveryDETheartNOUNwhichPRONknewVERBherPRONinADPChinaPROPN,PUNCTwhetherSCONJbelongingVERBtoADPtheDETmissionaryNOUNbodyNOUN,PUNCTAmericanADJorCCONJBritishADJ,PUNCTtheDETLegationPROPNcirclesNOUNofADPtheseDETcountriesNOUN,PUNCTorCCONJtheDETcountlessADJhundredsNOUNofADPChinesePROPNwhoPRONhadAUXfeltVERBtheDETbeautifulADJupliftNOUNofADPherPRONpersonalityNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThosethatPRONNumber=Plur PronType=Dem11 guessnsubj
2whowhoPRONPronType=Rel5 knownnsubj:pass
3hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 knownaux
4notnotPARTPolarity=Neg5 knownadvmod
5knownknowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass1 Thoseacl:relcl
6MissMissPROPNNumber=Sing7 Russellcompound
7RussellRussellPROPNNumber=Sing5 knownobj
8intimatelyintimatelyADV_5 knownadvmod
9cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin11 guessaux
10littlelittleADVDegree=Pos11 guessadvmod
11guessguessVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 griefdet
13griefgriefNOUNNumber=Sing11 guessobj
14thatthatPRONPronType=Rel15 camensubj
15camecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin13 griefacl:relcl
16totoADP_18 heartcase
17everyeveryDETPronType=Tot18 heartdet
18heartheartNOUNNumber=Sing15 cameobl
19whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel20 knewnsubj
20knewknowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin18 heartacl:relcl
21hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs20 knewobj
22ininADP_23 Chinacase
23ChinaChinaPROPNNumber=Sing20 knewobl
24,,PUNCT_26 belongingpunct
25whetherwhetherSCONJ_26 belongingmark
26belongingbelongVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part11 guessadvcl
27totoADP_30 bodycase
28thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art30 bodydet
29missionarymissionaryNOUNNumber=Sing30 bodycompound
30bodybodyNOUNNumber=Sing26 belongingobl
31,,PUNCT_32 Americanpunct
32AmericanAmericanADJDegree=Pos30 bodyamod
33ororCCONJ_34 Britishcc
34BritishBritishADJDegree=Pos32 Americanconj
35,,PUNCT_38 circlespunct
36thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art38 circlesdet
37LegationLegationPROPNNumber=Sing38 circlescompound
38circlescircleNOUNNumber=Plur26 belongingobl
39ofofADP_41 countriescase
40thesethisDETNumber=Plur PronType=Dem41 countriesdet
41countriescountryNOUNNumber=Plur38 circlesnmod
42,,PUNCT_46 hundredspunct
43ororCCONJ_46 hundredscc
44thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art46 hundredsdet
45countlesscountlessADJDegree=Pos46 hundredsamod
46hundredshundredNOUNNumber=Plur26 belongingobl
47ofofADP_48 Chinesecase
48ChineseChinesePROPN_46 hundredsnmod
49whowhoPRONPronType=Rel51 feltnsubj
50hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin51 feltaux
51feltfeelVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part46 hundredsacl:relcl
52thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art54 upliftdet
53beautifulbeautifulADJDegree=Pos54 upliftamod
54upliftupliftNOUNNumber=Sing51 feltxcomp
55ofofADP_57 personalitycase
56herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs57 personalitynmod:poss
57personalitypersonalityNOUNNumber=Sing54 upliftnmod
58..PUNCT_11 guesspunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not knowpast · perfect · passiveMiss Russellwho nsubj:pass; intimately propertytree rules
2guesscanThosethe grieflittle propertyvn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grief=Theme
3comepastthe griefevery heartvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to heart=Initial_Location
4knowpastevery heartRussellChinavn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus
5belonggerundThose not said herethe Legation circles of this countriesto the missionary body; the countless hundreds of Chinese oblvn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme
6feelpast · perfectthe countless hundreds of Chinesethe beautiful uplift of Russell's personalityvn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
7upliftRussell's personalitynom uplift «event intransitive»: of=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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