--- title: The timepiece was never made which could tell her that the night hou… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: The timepiece was never made which could tell her that the night hours were passing when she sat in a humble, dirty home in a far-off outstation beside some toil-worn, heartsore woman, listening to the details of the sordid daily life, and the wrecked hopes, then resurrecting hope, and ennobling lif --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/1/16/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Gleanings from Chinese folklore](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/) / [Opening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/1/) / 16 # Gleanings from Chinese folklore, Opening, sentence 16 The timepiece was never made which could tell her that the night hours were passing when she sat in a humble, dirty home in a far-off outstation beside some toil-worn, heartsore woman, listening to the details of the sordid daily life, and the wrecked hopes, then resurrecting hope, and ennobling life by linking it with the Divine life. **Who acts:** night hours, Miss, wrecked hopes · **What happens:** not make, tell, pass, sit, wear, listen · **To what, where:** timepiece, Miss, humble dirty home, hope, life, sordid daily life · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Gleanings from Chinese folklore» by Nellie Naomi Russell, Opening. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (night hours, Miss, wrecked hopes), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg75089:1:16 # text = The timepiece was never made which could tell her that the night hours were passing when she sat in a humble, dirty home in a far-off outstation beside some toil-worn, heartsore woman, listening to the details of the sordid daily life, and the wrecked hopes, then resurrecting hope, and ennobling life by linking it with the Divine life. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 timepiece timepiece NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 7 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 9 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 iobj _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 14 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 passing pass VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 16 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 21 humble humble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 23 dirty dirty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 27 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 off off ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 outstation outstation NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 31 beside beside ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 32 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 38 nsubj _ _ 33 toil toil NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 worn wear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 heartsore heartsore ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 listening listen VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 conj _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 details detail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 46 sordid sordid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 47 daily daily ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 wrecked wreck VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 53 amod _ _ 53 hopes hope NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 56 advmod _ _ 56 resurrecting resurrect VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 53 acl _ _ 57 hope hope NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 60 ennobling ennoble VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 56 conj _ _ 61 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obj _ _ 62 by by SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 63 linking link VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 60 advcl _ _ 64 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 obj _ _ 65 with with ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 67 Divine Divine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 68 compound _ _ 68 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **make** | past · passive | | the timepiece | | | | the wrecked hopes *obl* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | could | | | Miss | | | which *nsubj* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 3 | **pass** | past · progressive | the night hours | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **sit** | past | Miss | | | a humble dirty home | | in a outstation beside worn heartsore woman | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in home=Location | | 5 | **wear** | participle | | | | | | toil *compound* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **listen** | gerund | the night hours *not said here* | | | | | to the details of the sordid daily life | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to detail=Theme | | 7 | **wreck** | participle | | | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **resurrect** | gerund | the wrecked hopes *not said here* | hope | | | then | | tree rules | | 9 | **ennoble** | gerund | the wrecked hopes *not said here* | life | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **link** | gerund | the wrecked hopes *not said here* | timepiece | | | | with the Divine life | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient with life=Co-Patient | | 11 | **detail** | | | the sordid daily life | | | | | nom detail «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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. - ← previous: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/1/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/1/17/) - ↑ back to [Opening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/1/)