A parse tree corresponding to a portion of narrative text is constructed. The parse tree includes a data structure representing a syntactic structure of the portion of narrative text as a set of tokens according to a grammar. Using a token in the parse tree as a focus word, a context window comprising a set of words within a specified distance from the focus word is generated, the distance determined according to a number of links of the parse tree separating the focus word and a context word in the set of words. A weight is generated for the focus word and the context word. Using the weight, a first vector representation of a first word is generated, the first word being within a second portion of narrative text.