--- title: “For such Death’s portal opens not in gloom, But its pure crystal, h… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: “For such Death’s portal opens not in gloom, But its pure crystal, hinged on solid gold, Shows avenues interminable—shows Amaranth and palm quivering in sweet accord Of human, mingled with angelic, song.” A sentence of «Gleanings from Chinese folklore» by Nellie Naomi Russell, Chinese Heroism, with --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/12/35/) [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/) / [Chinese Heroism](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/12/) / 35 # Gleanings from Chinese folklore, Chinese Heroism, sentence 35 “For such Death’s portal opens not in gloom, But its pure crystal, hinged on solid gold, Shows avenues interminable—shows Amaranth and palm quivering in sweet accord Of human, mingled with angelic, song.” **What happens:** not open, hinge, show, quiver, mingle · **To what, where:** gloom, pure crystal, avenues, Amaranth, sweet accord This is a sentence of «Gleanings from Chinese folklore» by Nellie Naomi Russell, Chinese Heroism. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: 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:pg75089:12:35 # text = “For such Death’s portal opens not in gloom, But its pure crystal, hinged on solid gold, Shows avenues interminable—shows Amaranth and palm quivering in sweet accord Of human, mingled with angelic, song.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 For for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 3 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 Death Death PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ’s 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 portal portal NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 7 opens open VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 gloom gloom NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 But but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 13 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 pure pure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 crystal crystal NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 hinged hinge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 solid solid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 Shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 23 avenues avenue NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 24 interminable interminable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 — - PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 parataxis _ _ 27 Amaranth Amaranth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 palm palm NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 quivering quiver VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 conj _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 accord accord NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 Of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 mingled mingle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 angelic angelic NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **open** *in a quote* | present | | gloom | | | | for such Death's portal | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location gloom=Theme | | 2 | **hinge** *in a quote* | participle · passive | | gloom's pure crystal | | | | on solid gold | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient on gold=Co-Patient | | 3 | **show** *in a quote* | present | | avenues | | | | interminable *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent avenue=Recipient | | 4 | **show** *in a quote* | present | | | Amaranth | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent amaranth=Recipient | | 5 | **quiver** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | sweet accord of human | | palm *compound* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in accord=Location | | 6 | **mingle** *in a quote* | participle | | sweet accord of human *not said here* | | | | with angelic and song | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with angelic=Co-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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/12/34/) - next →: [Literary Glory, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/13/1/) - ↑ back to [Chinese Heroism](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/12/)