Gleanings from Chinese folklore, A Daughter of the Orient, sentence 21
On the road she told the servants that, as early as possible, after reaching the city they must find a way for her to see the Emperor, for she was going to plead for her father.
Who acts: offence, servants · What happens: tell, reach, find, see, go, plead · To what, where: servants, road, city, way, Emperor · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Gleanings from Chinese folklore» by Nellie Naomi Russell, A Daughter of the Orient. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (offence, servants), 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 | On | on | ADP | _ | 3 road | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 road | det |
| 3 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 told | obl |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 told | nsubj |
| 5 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 servants | det |
| 7 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 told | iobj |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 early | nsubj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 early | punct |
| 10 | as | as | ADV | _ | 11 early | advmod |
| 11 | early | early | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 servants | advmod |
| 12 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 13 possible | mark |
| 13 | possible | possible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 early | advcl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 reaching | punct |
| 15 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 16 reaching | mark |
| 16 | reaching | reach | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 told | advcl |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 city | det |
| 18 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 reaching | obj |
| 19 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 find | nsubj |
| 20 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 21 find | aux |
| 21 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 city | acl:relcl |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 way | det |
| 23 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 find | obj |
| 24 | for | for | ADP | _ | 25 her | case |
| 25 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 way | nmod |
| 26 | to | to | PART | _ | 27 see | mark |
| 27 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 way | acl |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 Emperor | det |
| 29 | Emperor | Emperor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 see | obj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 going | punct |
| 31 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 34 going | mark |
| 32 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 going | nsubj |
| 33 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 going | aux |
| 34 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 16 reaching | conj |
| 35 | to | to | PART | _ | 36 plead | mark |
| 36 | plead | plead | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 going | xcomp |
| 37 | for | for | ADP | _ | 39 father | case |
| 38 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 father | nmod:poss |
| 39 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 plead | obl |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 told | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | past | offence | the servants | the road | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent servant=Recipient | |||
| 2 | reach | gerund | offence not said here | the city | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent city=Theme | ||||
| 3 | find | must | servants = servant | a way | for offence | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent way=Theme for she=Beneficiary | |||
| 4 | see | to-infinitive | servants = servant not said here | the Emperor | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer emperor=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | go | past · progressive | offence | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 6 | plead speech: request | to-infinitive | offence not said here | for offence's father | tree rules |
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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