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title: The stories published in this volume were gathered in long evenings… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics
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# Gleanings from Chinese folklore, Nellie N. Russell, sentence 97

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The stories published in this volume were gathered in long evenings when she wanted relief from the constant giving out from mind and heart, and were sought also that those who had treasured them in memory might, by imparting, feel themselves her aids and instructors.

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**Who acts:** Russell · **What happens:** publish, gather, want, give out, seek, treasure · **To what, where:** stories, volume, relief, mind, those

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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 (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:pg75089:3:97
# text = The stories published in this volume were gathered in long evenings when she wanted relief from the constant giving out from mind and heart, and were sought also that those who had treasured them in memory might, by imparting, feel themselves her aids and instructors.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	published	publish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	volume	volume	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	gathered	gather	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	evenings	evening	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
12	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	_
13	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
15	relief	relief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	constant	constant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	xcomp	_	_
19	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	18	advcl	_	_
20	out	out	ADP	RP	_	19	compound:prt	_	_
21	from	from	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
27	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	aux:pass	_	_
28	sought	seek	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	advcl	_	_
29	also	also	ADV	RB	_	28	advmod	_	_
30	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	34	mark	_	_
31	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	34	nsubj:pass	_	_
32	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	34	nsubj	_	_
33	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	34	aux	_	_
34	treasured	treasure	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	28	advcl	_	_
35	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	obj	_	_
36	in	in	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	memory	memory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	_
38	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	34	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
40	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	41	mark	_	_
41	imparting	impart	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	34	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
43	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	41	xcomp	_	_
44	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	43	obj	_	_
45	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	46	nmod:poss	_	_
46	aids	aid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	obj	_	_
47	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
48	instructors	instructor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **publish** | participle |  | the stories *not said here* |  | this volume |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **gather** | past · passive |  | the stories |  |  | evening |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **want** | past | Russell | relief |  |  |  | constant *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot relief=Theme |
| 4 | **give out** | gerund | Russell *not said here* |  |  | mind and heart |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 5 | **seek** | past · passive | Russell *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V» |
| 6 | **treasure** | past · perfect · passive |  | those |  |  |  | who *nsubj*; stories *= story* *obj* | tree rules |
| 7 | **impart** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **feel** | infinitive |  | stories *= story* |  |  |  | Russell's aids and instructors *obj* | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme aid=Eventuality |

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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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