--- title: As the expense of publication is borne by friends, whatever money re… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: As the expense of publication is borne by friends, whatever money returns come from their sale will go directly to the work to which Miss Russell gave her latest strength, “The Hall of Enlightenment,” or Ming Lung Tang in Peking, which is a growing social centre and the point from which radiate line --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/3/119/) [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/) / 119 # Gleanings from Chinese folklore, Nellie N. Russell, sentence 119 As the expense of publication is borne by friends, whatever money returns come from their sale will go directly to the work to which Miss Russell gave her latest strength, “The Hall of Enlightenment,” or Ming Lung Tang in Peking, which is a growing social centre and the point from which radiate lines of influence which touch the lives of the women of that city in a variety of ways. **Who acts:** friends, money returns, sale, Miss, borne Lung Tang, radiate lines · **What happens:** bear, come, go, give, grow, be · **To what, where:** expense, work, latest strength, growing social centre, lives, borne Lung Tang 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 (friends, money returns, sale, Miss), 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:pg75089:3:119 # text = As the expense of publication is borne by friends, whatever money returns come from their sale will go directly to the work to which Miss Russell gave her latest strength, “The Hall of Enlightenment,” or Ming Lung Tang in Peking, which is a growing social centre and the point from which radiate lines of influence which touch the lives of the women of that city in a variety of ways. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 expense expense NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 publication publication NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 borne bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 amod _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 whatever whatever DET WDT PronType=Int 13 det _ _ 12 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 returns return NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 14 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 15 from from SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 16 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 sale sale NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 18 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ 20 directly directly ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 obl _ _ 26 Miss Miss PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 27 Russell Russell PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 flat _ _ 28 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 29 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 30 latest late ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 31 amod _ _ 31 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 “ " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 Hall Hall PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 appos _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 Enlightenment Enlightenment PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 40 or or CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 Ming Ming PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 Lung Lung PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 Tang Tang PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 Peking Peking PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 47 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 52 nsubj _ _ 48 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 50 growing grow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 52 amod _ _ 51 social social ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 centre centre NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 appos _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 conj _ _ 56 from from ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 59 det _ _ 58 radiate radiate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 lines line NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 nmod _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 influence influence NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nmod _ _ 62 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 63 nsubj _ _ 63 touch touch VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 59 acl:relcl _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 lives life NOUN NNS Number=Plur 63 obj _ _ 66 of of ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 65 nmod _ _ 69 of of ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 71 det _ _ 71 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nmod _ _ 72 in in ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 74 variety variety NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 nmod _ _ 75 of of ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 76 ways way NOUN NNS Number=Plur 74 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 77 . . PUNCT . _ 52 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bear** | present · passive | friends | the expense of publication | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | | 2 | **come** | present | whatever money returns | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **go** | future | returns's sale | | | the work | | directly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to work=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **give** | past | Miss | Miss's latest strength | | | | which *obl* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent strength=Theme to which=Recipient | | 5 | **grow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is a** | present | borne Lung Tang in Peking | a growing social centre and the point which radiate lines of influence | | | | the point which radiate lines of influence *conj* | tree rules | | 7 | **touch** | present | which radiate lines of influence | the lives of the women of that city in a variety of ways | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme life=Co-Theme | 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 118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/3/118/) - next →: [sentence 120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/3/120/) - ↑ back to [Nellie N. 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