--- title: Dr. Coolidge, at her earnest request, advanced the money for her tra… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: Dr. Coolidge, at her earnest request, advanced the money for her travelling expenses from the funds of a small legacy left her by her uncle, on condition that it should be returned to the fund from her first earnings. Who acts: Coolidge, money, condition, Nellie. A sentence of «Gleanings from Chines --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/3/13/) [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/) / 13 # Gleanings from Chinese folklore, Nellie N. Russell, sentence 13 Dr. Coolidge, at her earnest request, advanced the money for her travelling expenses from the funds of a small legacy left her by her uncle, on condition that it should be returned to the fund from her first earnings. **Who acts:** Coolidge, money, condition, Nellie · **What happens:** advance, leave, return, request, fund · **To what, where:** Nellie, condition, money, fund, small legacy 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 (Coolidge, money, condition, Nellie), 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:pg75089:3:13 # text = Dr. Coolidge, at her earnest request, advanced the money for her travelling expenses from the funds of a small legacy left her by her uncle, on condition that it should be returned to the fund from her first earnings. 1 Dr. Dr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod:desc _ _ 2 Coolidge Coolidge PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 earnest earn ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 7 amod _ _ 7 request request NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 9 advanced advance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 travelling travelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 expenses expense NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ _ 16 from from ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 funds fund NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 legacy legacy NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 23 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 24 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 by by ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 uncle uncle NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 returned return VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl:relcl _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 fund fund NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 from from ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 41 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 42 amod _ _ 42 earnings earning NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **advance** | past | Coolidge Dr. | | | | | | vn promote-102 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **leave** | past | the money for Nellie's travelling expenses from the funds of a small legacy | Nellie | | condition | | by Nellie's uncle | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme by uncle=Location | | 3 | **return** | should · passive | condition *not said here* | money | | the fund from Nellie's first earnings | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to fund=Destination | | 4 | **request** | | Nellie | | | | | | nom request «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 5 | **fund** | | | a small legacy | | | | | nom fund «possession transitive»: of=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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/3/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/3/14/) - ↑ back to [Nellie N. 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