--- title: These words are full of comfort, but as yet we feel the need of her… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics description: These words are full of comfort, but as yet we feel the need of her ministry so keenly that only the knowledge that the same God who strengthened her is with us still enables us to move forward and conserve what we may of her lifework. Who acts: words, we, same God, us. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (words, we, same God, us), 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:pg75089:5:15 # text = These words are full of comfort, but as yet we feel the need of her ministry so keenly that only the knowledge that the same God who strengthened her is with us still enables us to move forward and conserve what we may of her lifework. 1 These this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 comfort comfort NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 as as ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 yet yet ADV RB _ 12 obl _ _ 11 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 feel feel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 need need NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 ministry ministry NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 so so ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 keenly keenly ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 21 only only ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 knowledge knowledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 24 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 obj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 28 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 29 strengthened strengthen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 30 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 32 with with SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 still still ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 enables enable VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 advcl _ _ 36 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 advcl _ _ 39 forward forward ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 conserve conserve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 42 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 41 obj _ _ 43 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 acl:relcl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 lifework lifework NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | this words | | | | | of comfort; full *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **feel** | present | we | the need of messenger's ministry | | | | keenly *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent need=Theme | | 3 | **strengthen** | past | the same God | the knowledge | | | | messenger *obj* | tree rules | | 4 | **enable** | present | us | us | | | still | | tree rules | | 5 | **move forward** | to-infinitive | the knowledge *not said here* | | | | | forward *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is** | present | the knowledge | | | | | what *obj*; conserve *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **need** | | | messenger's ministry | | | | | nom need «state 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/5/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/5/16/) - ↑ back to [Miss Russell’s Funeral Service](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/5/)