Gleanings from Chinese folklore, Miss Russell’s Funeral Service, sentence 17

I must allude briefly to the beauty of the day, with its clear shining after rain, the deep sorrow of the devoted friends who followed the bier on foot over miles of roadless distance from Ch’ienmen to the cemetery, that quiet, ivy-walled inclosure in which stands the chapel where the service was held—a tender, impressive service.

Who acts: I, devoted friends, walled inclosure, beauty · What happens: allude, follow, wall, stand, hold, shine · To what, where: bier, foot, chapel, service

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 (I, devoted friends, walled inclosure, beauty), 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	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 allude	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 allude	aux
3	allude	allude	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	briefly	briefly	ADV	_	3 allude	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 beauty	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 beauty	det
7	beauty	beauty	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 allude	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 day	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 day	det
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 beauty	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 shining	punct
12	with	with	ADP	_	15 shining	case
13	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 shining	nmod:poss
14	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 shining	amod
15	shining	shining	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 allude	parataxis
16	after	after	ADP	_	17 rain	case
17	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 shining	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 sorrow	punct
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 sorrow	det
20	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 sorrow	amod
21	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 shining	conj
22	of	of	ADP	_	25 friends	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 friends	det
24	devoted	devoted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 friends	amod
25	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 sorrow	nmod
26	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	27 followed	nsubj
27	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 friends	acl:relcl
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 bier	det
29	bier	bier	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 followed	obj
30	on	on	ADP	_	31 foot	case
31	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 followed	obl
32	over	over	ADP	_	33 miles	case
33	miles	mile	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 followed	obl
34	of	of	ADP	_	36 distance	case
35	roadless	roadless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 distance	amod
36	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 miles	nmod
37	from	from	ADP	_	38 Ch’ienmen	case
38	Ch’ienmen	Ch'ienmen	PROPN	Number=Sing	36 distance	nmod
39	to	to	ADP	_	41 cemetery	case
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 cemetery	det
41	cemetery	cemetery	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 distance	nmod
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 quiet	punct
43	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	44 quiet	nsubj
44	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 shining	parataxis
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 inclosure	punct
46	ivy	ivy	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 walled	compound
47	-	-	PUNCT	_	46 ivy	punct
48	walled	wall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	49 inclosure	amod
49	inclosure	inclosure	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 quiet	obl
50	in	in	ADP	_	51 which	case
51	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	52 stands	nsubj
52	stands	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	49 inclosure	acl:relcl
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 chapel	det
54	chapel	chapel	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 stands	obj
55	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	59 held	advmod
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 service	det
57	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 held	nsubj:pass
58	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	59 held	aux:pass
59	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	54 chapel	acl:relcl
60	—	-	PUNCT	_	62 tender	punct
61	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	62 tender	det
62	tender	tender	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 held	obj
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 service	punct
64	impressive	impressive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	65 service	amod
65	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 tender	conj
66	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 allude	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	allude	must	I				to the beauty of the day; beauty's clear shining after rain and the deep sorrow of the devoted friends parataxis; briefly property	tree rules
2	follow	past	the devoted friends	the bier	foot		over miles of roadless distance from Ch’ienmen to the cemetery	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent bier=Theme on foot=Trajectory
3	wall	participle					ivy compound	tree rules
4	stand	present	walled inclosure	the chapel				vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer chapel=Stimulus
5	hold	past · passive		the service			a tender and impressive service obj	vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Theme tender=Eventuality
6	shine		beauty			after rain		nom shining «act transitive»: poss=agent after=obl
7	sorrow		the devoted friends					nom sorrow «feeling 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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Gleanings from Chinese folklore, Miss Russell’s Funeral Service, sentence 17