--- title: I, who have known and loved her for these twenty-one years, would li… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: I, who have known and loved her for these twenty-one years, would like to write of her life in China, hoping perchance that some whiff of that beautiful fragrance may enter the hearts of those who read and make them more beautiful for God. Who acts: whiff. A sentence of «Gleanings from Chinese folkl --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/4/7/) [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/) / 7 # Gleanings from Chinese folklore, Miss Nellie N. Russell’s Unique Work, sentence 7 I, who have known and loved her for these twenty-one years, would like to write of her life in China, hoping perchance that some whiff of that beautiful fragrance may enter the hearts of those who read and make them more beautiful for God. **Who acts:** whiff · **What happens:** know, love, like, write, hope, enter · **To what, where:** I, Dwight, China, perchance, hearts, gifts 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 (whiff), 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:pg75089:4:7 # text = I, who have known and loved her for these twenty-one years, would like to write of her life in China, hoping perchance that some whiff of that beautiful fragrance may enter the hearts of those who read and make them more beautiful for God. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 10 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 14 det _ _ 11 twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 write write VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 of of 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 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 China China PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 hoping hope VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 parataxis _ _ 27 perchance perchance NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 29 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 30 det _ _ 30 whiff whiff NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 det _ _ 33 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 fragrance fragrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 35 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 enter enter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 hearts heart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 38 nmod _ _ 41 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 42 read read VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 45 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 47 advmod _ _ 47 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 xcomp _ _ 48 for for ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present · perfect · passive | | I | | | | who *nsubj:pass* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | | 2 | **love** | past | | Dwight | | | year | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 3 | **like** | would | | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **write** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | China | | of Dwight's life | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **hope** | gerund | | perchance | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **enter** | may | some whiff of that beautiful fragrance | the hearts of those | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme heart=Destination | | 7 | **read** | present | | | | | | who *nsubj* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **make** | present | | gifts *= gift* | | | | beautiful *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product | | 9 | **whiff** | | | that beautiful fragrance | | | | | nom whiff «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/4/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/4/8/) - ↑ back to [Miss Nellie N. 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