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title: And how wonderfully she entered into every one’s life, whether of th… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics
description: And how wonderfully she entered into every one’s life, whether of the evangelist, his wife, the Christian school teacher, the wife of the richest man in the region roundabout, the old lady tottering to her grave, or the young daughter-in-law, the bride, or the little mischievous boy. Who acts: simpl
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# Gleanings from Chinese folklore, Miss Nellie N. Russell’s Unique Work, sentence 16

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And how wonderfully she entered into every one’s life, whether of the evangelist, his wife, the Christian school teacher, the wife of the richest man in the region roundabout, the old lady tottering to her grave, or the young daughter-in-law, the bride, or the little mischievous boy.

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**Who acts:** simplicity, old lady · **What happens:** enter, totter · **To what, where:** life, grave

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This is a sentence of «Gleanings from Chinese folklore» by Nellie Naomi Russell, Miss Nellie N. Russell’s Unique Work. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (simplicity, old lady), 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:pg75089:4:16
# text = And how wonderfully she entered into every one’s life, whether of the evangelist, his wife, the Christian school teacher, the wife of the richest man in the region roundabout, the old lady tottering to her grave, or the young daughter-in-law, the bride, or the little mischievous boy.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
2	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
3	wonderfully	wonderfully	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	entered	enter	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	’s	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	evangelist	evangelist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
21	Christian	Christian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
22	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	compound	_	_
23	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
29	richest	rich	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	30	amod	_	_
30	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	_
31	in	in	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
33	region	region	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	compound	_	_
34	roundabout	roundabout	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
37	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
38	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
39	tottering	totter	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	38	acl	_	_
40	to	to	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	42	nmod:poss	_	_
42	grave	grave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
44	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	51	cc	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
46	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	47	amod	_	_
47	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	51	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	in	in	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	49	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	60	punct	_	_
56	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	60	cc	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
58	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	60	amod	_	_
59	mischievous	mischievous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	60	amod	_	_
60	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enter** | past | simplicity |  |  | every one's life |  | of the evangelist and mule's wife and the Christian school teacher and the wife of the richest man in the region roundabout and the old lady or law  the young daughter and the bride or the little mischievous boy; wonderfully *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme into life=Initial\_Location of evangelist=Destination |
| 2 | **totter** | gerund | the old lady *not said here* |  |  | simplicity's grave |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to grave=Destination |

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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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