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title: During the anarchist riots in Chicago, when even men did not dare go… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics
description: During the anarchist riots in Chicago, when even men did not dare go into the disturbed neighbourhood, Miss Russell went without fear, and without protection, to the anarchist headquarters to comfort the little old mother of one of the condemned men. Who acts: men, Miss Russell. A sentence of «Glean
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# Gleanings from Chinese folklore, Nellie N. Russell, sentence 57

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During the anarchist riots in Chicago, when even men did not dare go into the disturbed neighbourhood, Miss Russell went without fear, and without protection, to the anarchist headquarters to comfort the little old mother of one of the condemned men.

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**Who acts:** men, Miss Russell · **What happens:** riot, not dare, not go, disturb, go, comfort · **To what, where:** Chicago, disturbed neighbourhood, little old mother

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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 (men, Miss Russell), 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:pg75089:3:57
# text = During the anarchist riots in Chicago, when even men did not dare go into the disturbed neighbourhood, Miss Russell went without fear, and without protection, to the anarchist headquarters to comfort the little old mother of one of the condemned men.
1	During	during	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	anarchist	anarchist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	riots	riot	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Chicago	Chicago	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
9	even	even	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
11	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	dare	dare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
14	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
15	into	into	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	disturbed	disturb	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	amod	_	_
18	neighbourhood	neighbourhood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
20	Miss	Miss	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	_
21	Russell	Russell	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
22	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	_
23	without	without	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
27	without	without	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	protection	protection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
30	to	to	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
32	anarchist	anarchist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	compound	_	_
33	headquarters	headquarters	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	13	obl	_	_
34	to	to	PART	TO	_	35	mark	_	_
35	comfort	comfort	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	33	acl	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
37	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
38	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
39	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obj	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	39	nmod	_	_
42	of	of	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
44	condemned	condemn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	45	amod	_	_
45	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	41	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **riot** | present |  |  |  | Chicago | during the anarchist |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **dare** | past · do-support | men |  |  |  |  | without protection; to the anarchist headquarters | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **not** **go** | infinitive | men *not said here* |  |  | the disturbed neighbourhood |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into neighbourhood=Initial\_Location |
| 4 | **disturb** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 5 | **go** | past | Miss Russell |  |  |  |  | without fear | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **comfort** | to-infinitive | men *not said here* | the little old mother of one of the condemned men |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus mother=Experiencer |
| 7 | **condemn** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn suspect-81 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

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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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