Gleanings from Chinese folklore, Miss Russell’s Funeral Service, sentence 9

There, as one listened to the discriminating words of Pastor Li in his address, and Pastor Wang in his prayer, it brought keen satisfaction to think that the fragrance, the real essence of such a life, was perceived by those for whose welfare she had laboured.

Who acts: one, Pastor Wang, those, welfare, Pastor, Wang · What happens: listen, discriminate, bring, think, perceive, labour · To what, where: address, keen satisfaction, fragrance, hair, Pastor · 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 (one, Pastor Wang, those, welfare), 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	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	5 listened	expl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 listened	punct
3	as	as	SCONJ	_	5 listened	mark
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 listened	nsubj
5	listened	listen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 words	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 words	det
8	discriminating	discriminate	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 words	amod
9	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 listened	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 Pastor	case
11	Pastor	Pastor	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 words	nmod
12	Li	Li	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Pastor	flat
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 address	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 address	nmod:poss
15	address	address	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 listened	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 brought	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 brought	cc
18	Pastor	Pastor	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 Wang	compound
19	Wang	Wang	PROPN	Number=Sing	25 brought	nsubj
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 prayer	case
21	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 prayer	nmod:poss
22	prayer	prayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 Wang	nmod
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 Wang	punct
24	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 brought	nsubj
25	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 listened	conj
26	keen	keen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 satisfaction	amod
27	satisfaction	satisfaction	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 brought	obj
28	to	to	PART	_	29 think	mark
29	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	25 brought	advcl
30	that	that	SCONJ	_	43 perceived	mark
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 fragrance	det
32	fragrance	fragrance	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 perceived	nsubj:pass
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 essence	punct
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 essence	det
35	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 essence	amod
36	essence	essence	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 fragrance	appos
37	of	of	ADP	_	40 life	case
38	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	40 life	det:predet
39	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	40 life	det
40	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 essence	nmod
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 fragrance	punct
42	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	43 perceived	aux:pass
43	perceived	perceive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	29 think	ccomp
44	by	by	ADP	_	45 those	case
45	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	43 perceived	obl
46	for	for	ADP	_	48 welfare	case
47	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	48 welfare	nmod:poss
48	welfare	welfare	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 those	nmod
49	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 laboured	nsubj:pass
50	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	51 laboured	aux
51	laboured	labour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	48 welfare	acl:relcl
52	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 listened	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	listen	participle	one		Pastor's address; there	to the discriminating words of Pastor	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to word=Theme
2	discriminate	gerund					vn rebel-71.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	bring	past	Pastor Wang in Wang's prayer	keen satisfaction		journey nsubj	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent satisfaction=Theme
4	think speech: other	to-infinitive	Pastor Wang in Wang's prayer not said here				vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
5	perceive	past · passive	those for welfare	the fragrance			vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus
6	labour	past · perfect · passive	welfare not said here	hair			tree rules
7	word			Pastor			nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient
8	address		Pastor				nom address «communication transitive»: poss=agent
9	pray		Wang				nom prayer «act intransitive»: 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 9

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Gleanings from Chinese folklore, Miss Russell’s Funeral Service, sentence 9