From: Coherence in Hong Lou Meng and its English translations: an exploratory investigation
Clause ID | Clause | Logical relations | |||||
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1 | Lucky was, of course, the maid who had once turned back to look at Yu-cun when they were living at the house in Soochow. | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
2 | She could scarcely have foreseen at the time |  | α |  |  |  |  |
3 | what singular good fortune that one glance would procure for her. | ‘ | β |  |  |  |  |
4 | But she was destined to be doubly fortunate. | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
5 | She had not been with Yu-cun more than a year |  | 1 |  | α |  |  |
6 | when she gave birth to a son; |  |  | x | β |  |  |
7 | and a mere six months later Yu-cun’s first wife died, | x | 2 |  | α |  |  |
8 | whereupon Lucky was promoted to fill her place |  |  | x | β |  | 1 |
9 | and (subject-ellipsis) became Her Lady ship. | Â | Â | Â | Â | + | 2 |