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Gleanings from Chinese folklore, Miss Russell’s Funeral Service, sentence 10

Rev. Mr. Stelle, speaking in Chinese, emphasized our opportunity to show our respect for her by seeking the things which she valued.

Who acts: Stelle, things, our · What happens: speak, emphasize, show, seek, value, respect · To what, where: Chinese, opportunity, respect, things · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Gleanings from Chinese folklore» by Nellie Naomi Russell, Miss Russell’s Funeral Service. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Stelle, things, our), 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

nmod:descnmod:descnsubjpunctaclcaseoblpunctnmod:possobjmarkadvclnmod:possobjcaseoblmarkadvcldetobjnsubjnsubjacl:relclpunctrootRev.PROPNMr.PROPNStellePROPN,PUNCTspeakingVERBinADPChinesePROPN,PUNCTemphasizedVERBourPRONopportunityNOUNtoPARTshowVERBourPRONrespectNOUNforADPherPRONbySCONJseekingVERBtheDETthingsNOUNwhichPRONshePRONvaluedVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1Rev.Rev.PROPNNumber=Sing3 Stellenmod:desc
2Mr.Mr.PROPNNumber=Sing3 Stellenmod:desc
3StelleStellePROPNNumber=Sing9 emphasizednsubj
4,,PUNCT_5 speakingpunct
5speakingspeakVERBVerbForm=Ger3 Stelleacl
6ininADP_7 Chinesecase
7ChineseChinesePROPNNumber=Sing5 speakingobl
8,,PUNCT_3 Stellepunct
9emphasizedemphasizeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
10ourourPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs11 opportunitynmod:poss
11opportunityopportunityNOUNNumber=Sing9 emphasizedobj
12totoPART_13 showmark
13showshowVERBVerbForm=Inf9 emphasizedadvcl
14ourourPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs15 respectnmod:poss
15respectrespectNOUNNumber=Sing13 showobj
16forforADP_17 hercase
17hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs13 showobl
18bybySCONJ_19 seekingmark
19seekingseekVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part13 showadvcl
20thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art21 thingsdet
21thingsthingNOUNNumber=Plur19 seekingobj
22whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel24 valuednsubj
23sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs24 valuednsubj
24valuedvalueVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin21 thingsacl:relcl
25..PUNCT_9 emphasizedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1speak speech: othergerundStelle Rev. Mr. not said hereChinesevn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2emphasizepastStelle Rev. Mr.our opportunityvn promote-102 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opportunity=Theme
3showto-infinitiveStelle Rev. Mr. not said hereour respectfor Stellevn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent respect=Recipient
4seekgerundStelle Rev. Mr. not said herethe thingsvn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme
5valuepastthe thingsStelle nsubjvn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
6respectournom respect «cognition 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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