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title: I must allude briefly to the beauty of the day, with its clear shini… — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · tree and pragmatics
description: I must allude briefly to the beauty of the day, with its clear shining after rain, the deep sorrow of the devoted friends who followed the bier on foot over miles of roadless distance from Ch’ienmen to the cemetery, that quiet, ivy-walled inclosure in which stands the chapel where the service was he
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# Gleanings from Chinese folklore, Miss Russell’s Funeral Service, sentence 17

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I must allude briefly to the beauty of the day, with its clear shining after rain, the deep sorrow of the devoted friends who followed the bier on foot over miles of roadless distance from Ch’ienmen to the cemetery, that quiet, ivy-walled inclosure in which stands the chapel where the service was held—a tender, impressive service.

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**Who acts:** I, devoted friends, walled inclosure, beauty · **What happens:** allude, follow, wall, stand, hold, shine · **To what, where:** bier, foot, chapel, service

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This is a sentence of «Gleanings from Chinese folklore» by Nellie Naomi Russell, Miss Russell’s Funeral Service. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, devoted friends, walled inclosure, beauty), 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:pg75089:5:17
# text = I must allude briefly to the beauty of the day, with its clear shining after rain, the deep sorrow of the devoted friends who followed the bier on foot over miles of roadless distance from Ch’ienmen to the cemetery, that quiet, ivy-walled inclosure in which stands the chapel where the service was held—a tender, impressive service.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	allude	allude	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	briefly	briefly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	beauty	beauty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
14	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	shining	shining	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
16	after	after	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	devoted	devoted	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	nmod	_	_
26	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	27	nsubj	_	_
27	followed	follow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	acl:relcl	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	bier	bier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obj	_	_
30	on	on	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	_
32	over	over	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	miles	mile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	obl	_	_
34	of	of	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	roadless	roadless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	amod	_	_
36	distance	distance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	nmod	_	_
37	from	from	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
38	Ch’ienmen	Ch'ienmen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	nmod	_	_
39	to	to	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	cemetery	cemetery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
43	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	44	nsubj	_	_
44	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
46	ivy	ivy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	46	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	walled	wall	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	49	amod	_	_
49	inclosure	inclosure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obl	_	_
50	in	in	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
51	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	52	nsubj	_	_
52	stands	stand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	49	acl:relcl	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	chapel	chapel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obj	_	_
55	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	59	advmod	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
57	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	nsubj:pass	_	_
58	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	59	aux:pass	_	_
59	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	54	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	62	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
62	tender	tender	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	65	punct	_	_
64	impressive	impressive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	65	amod	_	_
65	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **allude** | must | I |  |  |  |  | to the beauty of the day; beauty's clear shining after rain and the deep sorrow of the devoted friends *parataxis*; briefly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **follow** | past | the devoted friends | the bier |  | foot |  | over miles of roadless distance from Ch’ienmen to the cemetery | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent bier=Theme on foot=Trajectory |
| 3 | **wall** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | ivy *compound* | tree rules |
| 4 | **stand** | present | walled inclosure | the chapel |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer chapel=Stimulus |
| 5 | **hold** | past · passive |  | the service |  |  |  | a tender and impressive service *obj* | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Theme tender=Eventuality |
| 6 | **shine** |  | beauty |  |  |  | after rain |  | nom shining «act transitive»: poss=agent after=obl |
| 7 | **sorrow** |  | the devoted friends |  |  |  |  |  | nom sorrow «feeling intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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