--- title: She said, “When I went to my husband’s home I made up my mind that I… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: She said, “When I went to my husband’s home I made up my mind that I would work and pray with all my might to bring him and his mother to know and love Jesus. Who acts: girl, mind, my. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (girl, mind, my), 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:pg75089:13:15 # text = She said, “When I went to my husband’s home I made up my mind that I would work and pray with all my might to bring him and his mother to know and love Jesus. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ’s 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 15 up up ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 16 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 18 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 acl:relcl _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 pray pray VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 24 with with SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 25 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 29 det:predet _ _ 26 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 27 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 acl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 love love VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ _ 38 Jesus Jesus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | girl | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** *in a quote* | past | girl | | | my husband's home | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to home=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **make up** *in a quote* | past | girl | my mind | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot | | 4 | **work** *in a quote* | would | my mind | | | | | I *nsubj* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **pray** *in a quote* | infinitive | my mind *not said here* | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **bring** *in a quote* | might | my mind *not said here* | | husband | | | my *nmod:poss* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | | 7 | **know** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | my mind *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **love** *in a quote* | infinitive | my mind *not said here* | Jesus | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer jesus=Stimulus | | 9 | **mind** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom mind «cognition 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. - ← previous: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/13/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/13/16/) - ↑ back to [Literary Glory](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/13/)