--- title: She never went in the spirit, “Now-I-am-holier,-more-civilized-than-… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: She never went in the spirit, “Now-I-am-holier,-more-civilized-than-thou,-therefore-hear-ye-me,” but rather in the spirit of one who sought to find out the interest or the hunger of each one’s life, and so somehow bring it in touch with the Lover of all. Who acts: simplicity, life. A sentence of «Gl --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/4/18/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Gleanings from Chinese folklore](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/) / [Miss Nellie N. Russell’s Unique Work](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/4/) / 18 # Gleanings from Chinese folklore, Miss Nellie N. Russell’s Unique Work, sentence 18 She never went in the spirit, “Now-I-am-holier,-more-civilized-than-thou,-therefore-hear-ye-me,” but rather in the spirit of one who sought to find out the interest or the hunger of each one’s life, and so somehow bring it in touch with the Lover of all. **Who acts:** simplicity, life · **What happens:** not go, seek, find out, bring, hunger · **To what, where:** spirit, interest, am, touch 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, life), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg75089:4:18 # text = She never went in the spirit, “Now-I-am-holier,-more-civilized-than-thou,-therefore-hear-ye-me,” but rather in the spirit of one who sought to find out the interest or the hunger of each one’s life, and so somehow bring it in touch with the Lover of all. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 8 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 am a.m. NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 holier holey ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 civilized civilized ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 than than ADP IN _ 24 case _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 hear hear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 33 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ” " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ 36 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 rather rather ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 40 appos _ _ 43 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 44 sought seek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 acl:relcl _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 47 out out ADP RP _ 46 compound:prt _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 interest interest NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 50 or or CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 hunger hunger NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 conj _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 54 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 55 det _ _ 55 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ’s 's PART POS _ 55 case _ _ 57 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 60 so so ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 61 somehow somehow ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 62 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 63 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 obj _ _ 64 in in ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 65 touch touch NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ _ 66 with with ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 Lover lover NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 nmod _ _ 69 of of ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 70 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 68 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **go** | past | simplicity | | | the spirit | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **seek** | past | | | | | | who *nsubj* | tree rules | | 3 | **find out** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | the interest or the hunger of each one's life | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent interest=Topic | | 4 | **bring** | infinitive | simplicity *not said here* | am *= a.m.* | | touch with the Lover of all | | somehow *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 5 | **hunger** | | each one's life | | | | | | nom hunger «state intransitive»: of=agent | 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. **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. - ← previous: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/4/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/4/19/) - ↑ back to [Miss Nellie N. 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