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Gleanings from Chinese folklore, A Daughter of the Orient, sentence 33

The Emperor’s heart was melted within him as he looked upon her distress and heard her voice so full of anguish; and, telling her to rise and stand near him, he said, “You are indeed a filial daughter.

Who acts: Emperor, You, Glory · What happens: melt, look, hear, tell, rise, stand · To what, where: heart, voice, Glory, filial daughter · 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 (Emperor, You, Glory), 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

detnmod:posscasensubj:passaux:passcaseoblmarknsubjadvclcasenmod:possoblccconjnmod:possobjadvmodccompcaseoblpunctccpunctccompiobjmarkxcompccconjcaseoblpunctnsubjparataxispunctpunctnsubjcopadvmoddetamodccomppunctrootTheDETEmperorPROPN’sPARTheartNOUNwasAUXmeltedVERBwithinADPhimPRONasSCONJhePRONlookedVERBuponADPherPRONdistressNOUNandCCONJheardVERBherPRONvoiceNOUNsoADVfullADJofADPanguishNOUN;PUNCTandCCONJ,PUNCTtellingVERBherPRONtoPARTriseVERBandCCONJstandVERBnearADPhimPRON,PUNCThePRONsaidVERB,PUNCT“PUNCTYouPRONareAUXindeedADVaDETfilialADJdaughterNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 Emperordet
2EmperorEmperorPROPNNumber=Sing4 heartnmod:poss
3’s'sPART_2 Emperorcase
4heartheartNOUNNumber=Sing6 meltednsubj:pass
5wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 meltedaux:pass
6meltedmeltVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
7withinwithinADP_8 himcase
8himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 meltedobl
9asasSCONJ_11 lookedmark
10hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs11 lookednsubj
11lookedlookVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 meltedadvcl
12uponuponADP_14 distresscase
13herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs14 distressnmod:poss
14distressdistressNOUNNumber=Sing11 lookedobl
15andandCCONJ_16 heardcc
16heardhearVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin11 lookedconj
17herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs18 voicenmod:poss
18voicevoiceNOUNNumber=Sing16 heardobj
19sosoADV_20 fulladvmod
20fullfullADJDegree=Pos16 heardccomp
21ofofADP_22 anguishcase
22anguishanguishNOUNNumber=Sing20 fullobl
23;;PUNCT_36 saidpunct
24andandCCONJ_36 saidcc
25,,PUNCT_24 andpunct
26tellingtellVERBVerbForm=Ger36 saidccomp
27hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs26 tellingiobj
28totoPART_29 risemark
29riseriseVERBVerbForm=Inf26 tellingxcomp
30andandCCONJ_31 standcc
31standstandVERBVerbForm=Inf29 riseconj
32nearnearADP_33 himcase
33himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs31 standobl
34,,PUNCT_26 tellingpunct
35hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs36 saidnsubj
36saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 meltedparataxis
37,,PUNCT_44 daughterpunct
38“"PUNCT_44 daughterpunct
39YouyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs44 daughternsubj
40arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin44 daughtercop
41indeedindeedADV_44 daughteradvmod
42aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art44 daughterdet
43filialfilialADJDegree=Pos44 daughteramod
44daughterdaughterNOUNNumber=Sing36 saidccomp
45..PUNCT_6 meltedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meltpast · passivethe Emperor's heartwithin Emperorvn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result
2lookpastEmperorupon Glory's distressvn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon distress=Theme
3hearpastEmperor not said hereGlory's voicevn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus
4tell speech: assertgerundGloryvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
5rise not said to happento-infinitivevn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6standinfinitivenear Emperorvn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent near he=Location
7say speech: assertpastEmperorvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
8is a in a quotepresentYoua filial daughterindeed propertytree rules
9distressGlorynom distress «feeling 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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