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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 story | cc |
| 2 | ours | our | PRON | Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 story | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 story | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 story | det |
| 5 | strange | strange | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 story | amod |
| 6 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 seemed | punct |
| 8 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 seemed | nsubj |
| 9 | seemed | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 story | parataxis |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 translator | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 translator | det |
| 12 | translator | translator | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 seemed | obl |
| 13 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 unworthy | advmod |
| 14 | unworthy | unworthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 translator | amod |
| 15 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 17 clothed | mark |
| 16 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 17 clothed | aux:pass |
| 17 | clothed | clothe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 unworthy | advcl |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 dress | case |
| 19 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 dress | det |
| 20 | English | English | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 dress | amod |
| 21 | dress | dress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 clothed | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 containing | punct |
| 23 | containing | contain | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 seemed | xcomp |
| 24 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 26 did | mark |
| 25 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 did | nsubj |
| 26 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 containing | ccomp |
| 27 | so | so | ADV | _ | 28 much | advmod |
| 28 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 did | obj |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 31 bulk | case |
| 30 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 bulk | amod |
| 31 | bulk | bulk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 much | nmod |
| 32 | that | that | ADV | _ | 31 bulk | advmod |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 say | punct |
| 34 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 37 say | mark |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 French | det |
| 36 | French | French | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 say | nsubj |
| 37 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 seemed | parataxis |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 donne | punct |
| 39 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 40 donne | punct |
| 40 | donne | donne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 say | obj |
| 41 | à | à | ADP | _ | 42 penser | case |
| 42 | penser | penser | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 donne | nmod |
| 43 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 37 say | punct |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 story | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | ours | a strange story | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | seem | past | a strange story | to the translator | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | ||||
| 3 | clothe | gerund · passive | a strange story not said here | in a English dress | vn dress-41.1.1-1-2 «Passive»: in dress=Theme | ||||
| 4 | contain | gerund | a strange story not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | do | past | dress | much | little bulk | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Eventuality | |||
| 6 | say speech: assert | present | the French | donne | à penser | vn 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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