Gleanings from Chinese folklore, Miss Russell’s Funeral Service, sentence 25

Some of the Chinese are already saying, “When a stone is erected, let it have one Chinese word upon it, just her name, then we can find her grave and every spring at the ‘Ch’ing Ming’—feast of all souls—we will go out and honour her memory.”

Who acts: Some, stone, we, Chinese · What happens: say, erect, let, have, find, go out · To what, where: stone, one Chinese word, grave, Ch’ing Ming, memory · 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 (Some, stone, we, Chinese), 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	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	7 saying	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 Chinese	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Chinese	det
4	Chinese	Chinese	PROPN	Number=Plur	1 Some	nmod
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 saying	aux
6	already	already	ADV	_	7 saying	advmod
7	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 erected	punct
9	“	"	PUNCT	_	14 erected	punct
10	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	14 erected	advmod
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 stone	det
12	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 erected	nsubj:pass
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 erected	aux:pass
14	erected	erect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 let	advcl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 erected	punct
16	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 saying	parataxis
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 let	obj
18	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 let	xcomp
19	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	21 word	nummod
20	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 word	amod
21	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 have	obj
22	upon	upon	ADP	_	23 it	case
23	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 word	nmod
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 name	punct
25	just	just	ADV	_	27 name	advmod
26	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 name	nmod:poss
27	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 word	conj
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 find	punct
29	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	32 find	advmod
30	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	32 find	nsubj
31	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	32 find	aux
32	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 saying	parataxis
33	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	34 grave	nmod:poss
34	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 find	obj
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 spring	cc
36	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	37 spring	det
37	spring	spring	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 grave	conj
38	at	at	ADP	_	42 Ming	case
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 Ming	det
40	‘	'	PUNCT	_	42 Ming	punct
41	Ch’ing	Ch'ing	PROPN	Number=Sing	42 Ming	compound
42	Ming	Ming	PROPN	Number=Sing	32 find	obl
43	’	'	PUNCT	_	7 saying	punct
44	—	-	PUNCT	_	45 feast	punct
45	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 saying	ccomp
46	of	of	ADP	_	48 souls	case
47	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	48 souls	det
48	souls	soul	NOUN	Number=Plur	45 feast	nmod
49	—	-	PUNCT	_	52 go	punct
50	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	52 go	nsubj
51	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	52 go	aux
52	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	45 feast	parataxis
53	out	out	ADV	_	52 go	advmod
54	and	and	CCONJ	_	55 honour	cc
55	honour	honour	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	52 go	conj
56	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	57 memory	nmod:poss
57	memory	memory	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 honour	obj
58	.	.	PUNCT	_	45 feast	punct
59	”	"	PUNCT	_	45 feast	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · progressive	Some of the Chinese				feast of all souls ccomp	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	erect in a quote	present · passive		a stone				vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product
3	let in a quote	infinitive		stone				tree rules
4	have in a quote	infinitive	stone not said here	one Chinese word and Chinese's name			upon stone	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient
5	find in a quote	can	we	Chinese's grave and every spring	the Ch’ing Ming	then		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent grave=Theme at ming=Asset
6	go out in a quote	future	we				out property	vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	honour in a quote	infinitive	we not said here	Chinese's memory				tree rules
8	name in a quote		Chinese					nom name «communication 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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Gleanings from Chinese folklore, Miss Russell’s Funeral Service, sentence 25