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title: The springs of her life deepened as the physical resources were depl… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics
description: The springs of her life deepened as the physical resources were depleted, and we who were much with her during the last years often realized that she drank from celestial fountains and in weakness found courage and power among the Hills of God. Who acts: springs, we, Russell. A sentence of «Gleaning
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# Gleanings from Chinese folklore, Nellie N. Russell, sentence 72

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The springs of her life deepened as the physical resources were depleted, and we who were much with her during the last years often realized that she drank from celestial fountains and in weakness found courage and power among the Hills of God.

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**Who acts:** springs, we, Russell · **What happens:** deepen, deplete, be, realize, drink, find · **To what, where:** physical resources, celestial fountains, courage, weakness · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (springs, we, 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:pg75089:3:72
# text = The springs of her life deepened as the physical resources were depleted, and we who were much with her during the last years often realized that she drank from celestial fountains and in weakness found courage and power among the Hills of God.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	springs	spring	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	deepened	deepen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	physical	physical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	resources	resource	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	depleted	deplete	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
15	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
16	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	20	nsubj	_	_
17	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
18	much	much	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
19	with	with	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	conj	_	_
21	during	during	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	_
25	often	often	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
26	realized	realize	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
27	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	29	mark	_	_
28	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
29	drank	drink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	ccomp	_	_
30	from	from	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	celestial	celestial	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	compound	_	_
32	fountains	fountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	obl	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
34	in	in	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	weakness	weakness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	_
36	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	conj	_	_
37	courage	courage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obj	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
39	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	conj	_	_
40	among	among	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	Hills	Hill	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	37	nmod	_	_
43	of	of	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
44	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deepen** | past | the springs of Russell's life |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **deplete** | past · passive |  | the physical resources |  |  |  |  | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Source |
| 3 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | with Russell; who *nsubj* | tree rules |
| 4 | **realize** | past | we |  |  |  |  | often *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 5 | **drink** | past | Russell |  |  | celestial fountains |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from fountain=Source |
| 6 | **find** | past | Russell *not said here* | courage and power |  | weakness |  | among the Hills of God | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent courage=Topic |

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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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