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The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, The Descent of the Sun., sentence 32

And ours is a strange story; which seemed to the translator not unworthy of being clothed in an English dress, containing as it did so much in little bulk that, as the French say, _donne à penser_.

Who acts: ours, strange story, dress, French · What happens: be, seem, clothe, contain, do, say · To what, where: strange story, much, little bulk, donne · 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 (ours, strange story, dress, French), 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

ccnsubjcopdetamodpunctnsubjparataxiscasedetobladvmodamodmarkaux:passadvclcasedetamodoblpunctxcompmarknsubjccompadvmodobjcaseamodnmodadvmodpunctmarkdetnsubjparataxispunctpunctobjcasenmodpunctpunctrootAndCCONJoursPRONisAUXaDETstrangeADJstoryNOUN;PUNCTwhichPRONseemedVERBtoADPtheDETtranslatorNOUNnotPARTunworthyADJofSCONJbeingAUXclothedVERBinADPanDETEnglishADJdressNOUN,PUNCTcontainingVERBasSCONJitPRONdidVERBsoADVmuchADJinADPlittleADJbulkNOUNthatADV,PUNCTasSCONJtheDETFrenchADJsayVERB,PUNCT_PUNCTdonneNOUNàADPpenserNOUN_PUNCT.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AndandCCONJ_6 storycc
2oursourPRONNumber=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs6 storynsubj
3isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 storycop
4aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 storydet
5strangestrangeADJDegree=Pos6 storyamod
6storystoryNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
7;;PUNCT_9 seemedpunct
8whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel9 seemednsubj
9seemedseemVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 storyparataxis
10totoADP_12 translatorcase
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 translatordet
12translatortranslatorNOUNNumber=Sing9 seemedobl
13notnotPARTPolarity=Neg14 unworthyadvmod
14unworthyunworthyADJDegree=Pos12 translatoramod
15ofofSCONJ_17 clothedmark
16beingbeAUXTense=Pres VerbForm=Part17 clothedaux:pass
17clothedclotheVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass14 unworthyadvcl
18ininADP_21 dresscase
19anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art21 dressdet
20EnglishEnglishADJDegree=Pos21 dressamod
21dressdressNOUNNumber=Sing17 clothedobl
22,,PUNCT_23 containingpunct
23containingcontainVERBVerbForm=Ger9 seemedxcomp
24asasSCONJ_26 didmark
25ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs26 didnsubj
26diddoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin23 containingccomp
27sosoADV_28 muchadvmod
28muchmuchADJDegree=Pos26 didobj
29ininADP_31 bulkcase
30littlelittleADJDegree=Pos31 bulkamod
31bulkbulkNOUNNumber=Sing28 muchnmod
32thatthatADV_31 bulkadvmod
33,,PUNCT_37 saypunct
34asasSCONJ_37 saymark
35thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art36 Frenchdet
36FrenchFrenchADJDegree=Pos37 saynsubj
37saysayVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 seemedparataxis
38,,PUNCT_40 donnepunct
39__PUNCT_40 donnepunct
40donnedonneNOUNNumber=Sing37 sayobj
41ààADP_42 pensercase
42penserpenserNOUNNumber=Sing40 donnenmod
43__PUNCT_37 saypunct
44..PUNCT_6 storypunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentoursa strange storytree rules
2seempasta strange storyto the translatorvn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute
3clothegerund · passivea strange story not said herein a English dressvn dress-41.1.1-1-2 «Passive»: in dress=Theme
4containgerunda strange story not said heretree rules
5dopastdressmuchlittle bulkvn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Eventuality
6say speech: assertpresentthe Frenchdonneà penservn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent donne=Topic

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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