--- title: She had her battles to fight, but each year, as her thoughts dwelt m… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: She had her battles to fight, but each year, as her thoughts dwelt more and more upon the Lord and Master of us all, His power to uplift and to save, she grew in likeness to Him, and now she sits radiant in the Heavenlies, enjoying Him who was her life, and who can doubt but that He whom she loved a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/4/83/) [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/) / 83 # Gleanings from Chinese folklore, Miss Nellie N. Russell’s Unique Work, sentence 83 She had her battles to fight, but each year, as her thoughts dwelt more and more upon the Lord and Master of us all, His power to uplift and to save, she grew in likeness to Him, and now she sits radiant in the Heavenlies, enjoying Him who was her life, and who can doubt but that He whom she loved and lifted up will draw the souls she knew and loved, up and up, even to Himself. **Who acts:** perfect, thoughts · **What happens:** have, fight, dwell, save, grow, sit · **To what, where:** battles, power, Master, likeness, life, souls 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 (perfect, thoughts), 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:pg75089:4:83 # text = She had her battles to fight, but each year, as her thoughts dwelt more and more upon the Lord and Master of us all, His power to uplift and to save, she grew in likeness to Him, and now she sits radiant in the Heavenlies, enjoying Him who was her life, and who can doubt but that He whom she loved and lifted up will draw the souls she knew and loved, up and up, even to Himself. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 battles battle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 10 det _ _ 10 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 thoughts thought NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 15 dwelt dwell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 16 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 15 advmod _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 16 conj _ _ 19 upon upon ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 Master Master PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nmod _ _ 26 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 25 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 uplift uplift NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 likeness likeness NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 46 advmod _ _ 45 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 sits sit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 47 radiant radiant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 xcomp _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 Heavenlies Heavenly PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 52 enjoying enjoy VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 46 advcl _ _ 53 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ _ 54 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 57 nsubj _ _ 55 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 cop _ _ 56 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 60 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 62 nsubj _ _ 61 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 62 doubt doubt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 conj _ _ 63 but but CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 64 that that SCONJ IN _ 66 mark _ _ 65 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 66 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 73 obl _ _ 67 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 nsubj _ _ 68 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 66 acl:relcl _ _ 69 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 70 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 68 conj _ _ 71 up up ADP RP _ 70 compound:prt _ _ 72 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 73 aux _ _ 73 draw draw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 62 conj _ _ 74 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 75 souls soul NOUN NNS Number=Plur 73 obj _ _ 76 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 77 nsubj _ _ 77 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 75 acl:relcl _ _ 78 and and CCONJ CC _ 79 cc _ _ 79 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 77 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 80 , , PUNCT , _ 81 punct _ _ 81 up up ADV RB _ 79 advmod _ _ 82 and and CCONJ CC _ 83 cc _ _ 83 up up ADV RB _ 81 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 84 , , PUNCT , _ 87 punct _ _ 85 even even ADV RB _ 87 advmod _ _ 86 to to ADP IN _ 87 case _ _ 87 Himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 79 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 88 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | perfect | perfect's battles | | | year | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battle=Patient | | 2 | **fight** | to-infinitive | perfect *not said here* | perfect's battles *not said here* | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **dwell** | past | perfect's thoughts | Master's power and uplift | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **save** | to-infinitive | perfect's thoughts *not said here* | | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **grow** | past | perfect | | Master | likeness | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in likeness=Location | | 6 | **sit** | present | perfect | | | | now | radiant *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **enjoy** | gerund | perfect *not said here* | Master | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 8 | **is a** | past | | perfect's life | | | | who *nsubj*; perfect *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 9 | **doubt** | can | | | | | | who *nsubj* | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **love** | past | perfect | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer | | 11 | **lift up** | past | perfect *not said here* | | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **draw** | future | | the souls | | | | whom Master *obl* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soul=Theme | | 13 | **know** | past | perfect | the souls *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer soul=Stimulus | | 14 | **love** | past | perfect *not said here* | | Master | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer | | 15 | **battle** | | perfect | | | | | | nom battle «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 16 | **think** | | perfect | | | | | | nom thought «cognition transitive»: poss=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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/4/82/) - next →: [Miss Russell’s Funeral Service, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/5/1/) - ↑ back to [Miss Nellie N. 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