--- title: She had come to realize, as the later years brought increased physic… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: She had come to realize, as the later years brought increased physical suffering, that the time might be short and said many times in the last few months, “I must get my stories together on my next furlough, whether I come back to China or not.” Who acts: Russell, later years, time. A sentence of «G --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/3/110/) [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/) / 110 # Gleanings from Chinese folklore, Nellie N. Russell, sentence 110 She had come to realize, as the later years brought increased physical suffering, that the time might be short and said many times in the last few months, “I must get my stories together on my next furlough, whether I come back to China or not.” **Who acts:** Russell, later years, time · **What happens:** come, realize, bring, increase, be, say · **To what, where:** increased physical suffering, stories, next furlough, China · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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, later years, time), 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:pg75089:3:110 # text = She had come to realize, as the later years brought increased physical suffering, that the time might be short and said many times in the last few months, “I must get my stories together on my next furlough, whether I come back to China or not.” 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 realize realize VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 later late ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 10 amod _ _ 10 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 11 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 increased increase VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 amod _ _ 13 physical physical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 suffering suffering NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 19 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 cop _ _ 21 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 24 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl:unmarked _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 28 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 29 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 “ " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 36 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ _ 38 together together ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 41 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 furlough furlough NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 parataxis _ _ 47 back back ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 China China PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 50 or or CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 49 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past · perfect | Russell | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **realize** | to-infinitive | Russell *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **bring** | past | the later years | increased physical suffering | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent suffering=Theme | | 4 | **increase** | participle | | | | | | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **is** | might | the time | | | | | short *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the time *not said here* | | | | month; time | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **get** *in a quote* | must | the time *= time* | my stories | | my next furlough | | together *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent story=Theme on furlough=Source | | 8 | **come back** *in a quote* | present | the time *= time* | | | China | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to china=Initial\_Location | 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 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/3/109/) - next →: [sentence 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/3/111/) - ↑ back to [Nellie N. Russell](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/3/)