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title: These so impressed her daughter that, in incidental ways, they were… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics
description: These so impressed her daughter that, in incidental ways, they were often implied in the reasons given for her choice of lines of conduct. Who acts: reasons. A sentence of «Gleanings from Chinese folklore» by Nellie Naomi Russell, Nellie N. Russell, with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of eve
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# Gleanings from Chinese folklore, Nellie N. Russell, sentence 67

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These so impressed her daughter that, in incidental ways, they were often implied in the reasons given for her choice of lines of conduct.

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**Who acts:** reasons · **What happens:** imply, give · **To what, where:** experiences, reasons, impressed daughter

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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 (reasons), 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:pg75089:3:67
# text = These so impressed her daughter that, in incidental ways, they were often implied in the reasons given for her choice of lines of conduct.
1	These	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
2	so	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	impressed	impressed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	incidental	incidental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	ways	way	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
13	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
14	often	often	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	implied	imply	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl:relcl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	reasons	reason	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl:agent	_	_
19	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	acl	_	_
20	for	for	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	choice	choice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	lines	line	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	nmod	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **imply** | past · passive | the reasons | experiences *= experience* |  |  |  | often *property* | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot subject=Topic |
| 2 | **give** | participle |  | the reasons *not said here* |  |  |  | for Russell's choice of lines of conduct | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for choice=Asset |

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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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