The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, The Descent of the Sun., sentence 3
Like a Digit of the Moon In the Shadow of the Earth Spirit undergoeth Swoon In the Vestibule of Birth; Dreameth transitory trouble, Weareth Hues of Heaven, hurled Hither, thither, as a Bubble On the Ocean of the World.
What happens: undergo, dream, wear, hurl · To what, where: Swoon, Shadow, transitory trouble, Hues
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: 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 | Like | like | ADP | _ | 3 Digit | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 Digit | det |
| 3 | Digit | Digit | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 undergoeth | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 Moon | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Moon | det |
| 6 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Digit | nmod |
| 7 | In | in | ADP | _ | 9 Shadow | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Shadow | det |
| 9 | Shadow | Shadow | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 undergoeth | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 Spirit | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Spirit | det |
| 12 | Earth | Earth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 Spirit | compound |
| 13 | Spirit | Spirit | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Shadow | nmod |
| 14 | undergoeth | undergo | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | Swoon | Swoon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 undergoeth | obj |
| 16 | In | in | ADP | _ | 18 Vestibule | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 Vestibule | det |
| 18 | Vestibule | vestibule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 undergoeth | obl |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 Birth | case |
| 20 | Birth | Birth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 Vestibule | nmod |
| 21 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 22 Dreameth | punct |
| 22 | Dreameth | dream | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 undergoeth | conj |
| 23 | transitory | transitory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 trouble | compound |
| 24 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 Dreameth | obj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 Weareth | punct |
| 26 | Weareth | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 undergoeth | conj |
| 27 | Hues | hue | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 Weareth | obj |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 Heaven | case |
| 29 | Heaven | Heaven | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 Hues | nmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 hurled | punct |
| 31 | hurled | hurl | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 Weareth | conj |
| 32 | Hither | hither | ADV | _ | 31 hurled | advmod |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 thither | punct |
| 34 | thither | thither | ADV | _ | 26 Weareth | advmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 Bubble | punct |
| 36 | as | as | ADP | _ | 38 Bubble | case |
| 37 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 38 Bubble | det |
| 38 | Bubble | Bubble | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 Weareth | parataxis |
| 39 | On | on | ADP | _ | 41 Ocean | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 Ocean | det |
| 41 | Ocean | Ocean | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 Bubble | nmod |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 44 World | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 World | det |
| 44 | World | World | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 Ocean | nmod |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 undergoeth | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | undergo | present | Swoon | the Shadow of the Earth Spirit | like a Digit of the Moon; in the Vestibule of Birth | tree rules | |||
| 2 | dream | present | transitory trouble | vn cognize-85 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trouble=Topic | |||||
| 3 | wear | present | Hues of Heaven | a Bubble on the Ocean of the World parataxis; thither property | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent hue=Source | ||||
| 4 | hurl | past | hither property | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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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