The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, The Descent of the Sun., sentence 30

In our title, a different turn is given to the old idea, which we may express by saying that the steps commence, not with the rise, but the set of the Sun: his Going Down, his mysterious period of Darkness, his Rising again.

Who acts: old idea, steps, expression, our · What happens: give, express, say, commence, go down, rise · To what, where: different turn, old idea, title, mysterious period · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (old idea, steps, expression, our), 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 title	case
2	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 title	nmod:poss
3	title	title	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 given	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 title	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 turn	det
6	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 turn	amod
7	turn	turn	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 given	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 given	aux:pass
9	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 idea	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 idea	det
12	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 idea	amod
13	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 given	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 express	punct
15	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 express	nsubj
16	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	18 express	nsubj
17	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 express	aux
18	express	express	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 idea	parataxis
19	by	by	SCONJ	_	20 saying	mark
20	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	18 express	advcl
21	that	that	SCONJ	_	24 commence	mark
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 steps	det
23	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 commence	nsubj
24	commence	commence	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 saying	advcl
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 rise	punct
26	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	29 rise	advmod
27	with	with	ADP	_	29 rise	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 rise	det
29	rise	rise	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 saying	ccomp
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 set	punct
31	but	but	CCONJ	_	33 set	cc
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 set	det
33	set	set	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 rise	appos
34	of	of	ADP	_	36 Sun	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 Sun	det
36	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 set	nmod
37	:	:	PUNCT	_	39 Going	punct
38	his	his	PRON	Gender=Masc Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	39 Going	nsubj
39	Going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 given	conj
40	Down	down	ADV	_	39 Going	advmod
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 period	punct
42	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	44 period	nmod:poss
43	mysterious	mysterious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	44 period	amod
44	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 Going	obl
45	of	of	ADP	_	46 Darkness	case
46	Darkness	Darkness	PROPN	Number=Sing	44 period	nmod
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 Rising	punct
48	his	his	PRON	Gender=Masc Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	49 Rising	nsubj
49	Rising	rise	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	39 Going	conj
50	again	again	ADV	_	49 Rising	advmod
51	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 given	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		a different turn	the old idea	our title			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to idea=Recipient
2	express	may	the old idea					we nsubj	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	say speech: assert	gerund	the old idea not said here					the rise ccomp	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	commence	present	the steps						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
5	go down	gerund	expression	expression's mysterious period of Darkness				down property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
6	rise	gerund	expression				again		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	title		our						nom title «communication transitive»: poss=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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The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, The Descent of the Sun., sentence 30