--- title: She asked many questions as he went on and her pencil jotted down na… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: She asked many questions as he went on and her pencil jotted down names and a point here and there, that when he was gone she might write out a skeleton, with the hope of using the material some time to help friends in America to a better understanding of these neighbours of ours on the other side o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/3/107/) [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/) / [Nellie N. Russell](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/3/) / 107 # Gleanings from Chinese folklore, Nellie N. Russell, sentence 107 She asked many questions as he went on and her pencil jotted down names and a point here and there, that when he was gone she might write out a skeleton, with the hope of using the material some time to help friends in America to a better understanding of these neighbours of ours on the other side of “The Great Eastern Sea” for “Eastern” the Pacific is to China and so her people name it. **Who acts:** Russell, hair, pencil, that, hope, people · **What happens:** ask, go on, jot down, be, write out, use · **To what, where:** many questions, names, skeleton, material, friends, America This is a sentence of «Gleanings from Chinese folklore» by Nellie Naomi Russell, Nellie N. Russell. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Russell, hair, pencil, that), 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:pg75089:3:107 # text = She asked many questions as he went on and her pencil jotted down names and a point here and there, that when he was gone she might write out a skeleton, with the hope of using the material some time to help friends in America to a better understanding of these neighbours of ours on the other side of “The Great Eastern Sea” for “Eastern” the Pacific is to China and so her people name it. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 questions question NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 8 on on ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 pencil pencil NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 jotted jot VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 13 down down ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 18 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 nsubj _ _ 23 when when SCONJ WRB _ 26 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 26 gone gone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 write write VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 parataxis _ _ 30 out out ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 skeleton skeleton NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 hope hope NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 37 of of SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 38 using use VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 36 acl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 material material NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 42 det _ _ 42 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 acl _ _ 45 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obj _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 America America PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 51 amod _ _ 51 understanding understanding NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 54 det _ _ 54 neighbours neighbour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 nmod _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 ours our PRON PRP Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod _ _ 57 on on ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 59 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ _ 61 of of ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 62 “ " PUNCT `` _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 64 Great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ _ 65 Eastern Eastern ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 66 compound _ _ 66 Sea Sea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 67 ” " PUNCT '' _ 66 punct _ _ 68 for for ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 “ " PUNCT `` _ 70 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 Eastern eastern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 71 ” " PUNCT '' _ 70 punct _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 73 Pacific Pacific PROPN NNP Number=Sing 70 appos _ _ 74 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 76 cop _ _ 75 to to ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 76 China China PROPN NNP Number=Sing 73 nmod _ _ 77 and and CCONJ CC _ 81 cc _ _ 78 so so ADV RB _ 81 advmod _ _ 79 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 80 nmod:poss _ _ 80 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 81 nsubj _ _ 81 name name VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 82 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 81 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 83 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Russell | many questions | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient | | 2 | **go on** | past | hair | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **jot down** | participle | Russell's pencil | names and a point | | here; there | | | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | that | | | | | hair *nsubj*; gone *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **write out** | might | Russell | a skeleton | | | | with the hope | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skeleton=Theme | | 6 | **use** | gerund | the hope *not said here* | the material | | | time | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent material=Patient | | 7 | **help** | to-infinitive | the hope *not said here* | | friends | America | | to a better understanding of this neighbours of ours on the other side of the Great Eastern Sea | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Beneficiary | | 8 | **is** | present | | | | | | to China | tree rules | | 9 | **name** | present | Russell's people | friend | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 10 | **understand** | | | this neighbours of ours | | the other side of the Great Eastern Sea | | | nom understanding «cognition transitive»: of=patient on=place | 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 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/3/106/) - next →: [sentence 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/3/108/) - ↑ back to [Nellie N. Russell](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/3/)