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title: She was an eager, enthusiastic student and was recognized at once by… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics
description: She was an eager, enthusiastic student and was recognized at once by her companions as a leader, was made president of her class, and of the first missionary society formed among the pupils of the Northfield Seminary. Who acts: sum, companions. A sentence of «Gleanings from Chinese folklore» by Nell
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# Gleanings from Chinese folklore, Nellie N. Russell, sentence 27

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She was an eager, enthusiastic student and was recognized at once by her companions as a leader, was made president of her class, and of the first missionary society formed among the pupils of the Northfield Seminary.

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**Who acts:** sum, companions · **What happens:** be, recognize, make, form · **To what, where:** eager enthusiastic student, first missionary society

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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 (sum, companions), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg75089:3:27
# text = She was an eager, enthusiastic student and was recognized at once by her companions as a leader, was made president of her class, and of the first missionary society formed among the pupils of the Northfield Seminary.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	eager	eager	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	enthusiastic	enthusiastic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	student	student	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	recognized	recognize	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	10	obl	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	companions	companion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
16	as	as	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	leader	leader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
20	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux:pass	_	_
21	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
22	president	president	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	xcomp	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	25	nmod:poss	_	_
25	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
30	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	32	amod	_	_
31	missionary	missionary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	compound	_	_
32	society	society	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	parataxis	_	_
33	formed	form	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	32	acl	_	_
34	among	among	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	pupils	pupil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	obl	_	_
37	of	of	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
39	Northfield	Northfield	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	compound	_	_
40	Seminary	Seminary	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	21	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | sum | a eager enthusiastic student |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **recognize** | past · passive | sum's companions |  |  |  |  | as a leader | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as leader=Attribute |
| 3 | **make** | past · passive |  | a eager enthusiastic student |  |  |  | president of sum's class *xcomp*; the first missionary society *parataxis* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 4 | **form** | participle |  | the first missionary society *not said here* |  |  |  | among the pupils of the Northfield Seminary | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme among pupil=Location |

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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.

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**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.

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