The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, The Descent of the Sun., sentence 27
And this epithet of the Sun is explained by the well-known passage in the Rig-Weda (I. 22.
Who acts: known passage · What happens: explain, know · To what, where: epithet
This is a sentence of «The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth» by Unknown, The Descent of the Sun.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (known passage), 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 explained | cc |
| 2 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 epithet | det |
| 3 | epithet | epithet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 explained | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 Sun | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Sun | det |
| 6 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 epithet | nmod |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 explained | aux:pass |
| 8 | explained | explain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 14 passage | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 passage | det |
| 11 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 13 known | advmod |
| 12 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 well | punct |
| 13 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 passage | amod |
| 14 | passage | passage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 explained | obl |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 Weda | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 Weda | det |
| 17 | Rig | rig | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 Weda | compound |
| 18 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 17 Rig | punct |
| 19 | Weda | Weda | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 passage | nmod |
| 20 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 22 22 | punct |
| 21 | I. | I. | X | Foreign=Yes | 22 22 | nsubj |
| 22 | 22 | 22 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 19 Weda | appos |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 explained | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | explain speech: assert | present · passive | the known passage in the Rig Weda | this epithet of the Sun | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Topic | ||||
| 2 | know | participle | well property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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: «The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth» by Unknown, Project Gutenberg book 68641 (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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