sentences.gloss: POSS-1p+ FAMILY GENERATIONS-AGO CONFLICT+ HOLD POSS-1p MOTHER POSS-3p:i GRANDFATHER IX-3p:j ns-ITALY GRANDMOTHER IX-loc:x ns-YUGOSLAVIA IX-3p-pl-2:j/x MARRY HOLD BORN TWO (1h)CHILDREN GRANDFATHER:j IX-3p:j GO-AWAY BUSINESS ns-SOUTH+AFRICA GOING-ALONG WRONG LOSE HOLD MELT/SOLVE HOLD ns-YUGOSLAVIA CONFUSE WAR MONEY DCL:B-L"decrease in value" GRANDMOTHER IX-3p:x TWO (1h)CHILDREN DECIDE MOVE-AWAY ns-AMERICA ARRIVE PCL:5"people traveling" SETTLE-DOWN ns-CALIFORNIA MEET SECOND BOY+MARRY BORN TWO (1h)CHILDREN HOLD POSS-1p MOTHER POSS-3p:i MOTHER IX-3p:z SECOND-IN-LIST HOLD GROW-UP MEET BOY IX-3p:w FROM ns-YUGOSLAVIA HOLD IX-3p-pl-2:z/w MARRY HOLD BORN POSS-1p MOTHER AUNT UNCLE "topic change" POSS-1p FATHERwg IX-3p:v GENERATIONS-AGO ns-GERMANY ns-SCOTLAND FATHER IX-3p:v BORN IN ns-AMERICA IX-loc:i ns-NORTH-CAROLINA IX-loc:i OVER/AFTER WAR TWO OPEN WORK (2h)alt.HIRE++ IX-3p:v FATHER THINK+DECIDE MOVE-AWAY ns-CALIFORNIA HOLD DRIVE+ WRONG ENGINE-FALL-OUT TIME-PASSING GET-INTO #BUS (2h)LCL:C"moving bus" ARRIVE ns-SF+ SOCIALIZE MEET MOTHER IX-3p-pl-2:i/v TOGETHER FOUR YEAR HOLD MARRY HOLD BORN IX-1p-honorific HOLD
sentences.text: I am of mixed heritage. My mother's grandfather was Italian. Her grandmother was Yugoslavian. They married. They had two children. Great grandfather went to South Africa on business. Something went wrong and he got lost or disappeared. Life in Yugoslavia was difficult due to the war and depression. Great grandmother and the two children decided to move to America. They arrived in America and eventually settled in California. She met her second husband. They had two children. My maternal grandmother was the second oldest of four children. She grew-up and met a guy who was from Yugoslavia. The two of them married. Then my mother, aunt, and uncle were born.  That is all for that side of the family. My father is of German and Scottish heritage. My father was born in America... ...in North Carolina. After World War II, California had many job opportunities. My father decided to move to California. He started out driving, but his car broke down. He took a bus, finally arriving in San Francisco.  He (met people and) mingled. He met my mother, they dated for four years, then got married. And then I was born.