The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, The Descent of the Sun., sentence 33

Absolutely Hindoo in its form and spirit, it is for an Englishman full of associations, and instinct with that philosophical mythology, scraps and fragments of which are familiar to him in the story of the Fall and the poetry of Milton, in many an old fairy tale, in some touches of Pythagoras and Plato, and some old religious legends.

Who acts: Hindoo, dress · What happens: be, form, touch · To what, where: Hindoo, story, Pythagoras

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 (Hindoo, dress), 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	Absolutely	absolutely	ADV	_	2 Hindoo	advmod
2	Hindoo	Hindoo	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 full	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 form	case
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 form	nmod:poss
5	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Hindoo	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 spirit	cc
7	spirit	spirit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 form	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Hindoo	punct
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 full	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 full	cop
11	for	for	SCONJ	_	14 full	mark
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 full	det
13	Englishman	Englishman	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 full	compound
14	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 associations	case
16	associations	association	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 full	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 instinct	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 instinct	cc
19	instinct	instinct	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 full	parataxis
20	with	with	ADP	_	23 mythology	case
21	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	23 mythology	det
22	philosophical	philosophical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 mythology	amod
23	mythology	mythology	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 instinct	nmod
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 scraps	punct
25	scraps	scrap	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 instinct	nmod
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 fragments	cc
27	fragments	fragment	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 scraps	conj
28	of	of	ADP	_	29 which	case
29	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	31 familiar	obl
30	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	31 familiar	cop
31	familiar	familiar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 fragments	acl:relcl
32	to	to	ADP	_	33 him	case
33	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 familiar	obl
34	in	in	ADP	_	36 story	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 story	det
36	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 familiar	obl
37	of	of	ADP	_	39 Fall	case
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 Fall	det
39	Fall	fall	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 story	nmod
40	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 poetry	cc
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 poetry	det
42	poetry	poetry	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 Fall	conj
43	of	of	ADP	_	44 Milton	case
44	Milton	Milton	PROPN	Number=Sing	42 poetry	nmod
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 tale	punct
46	in	in	ADP	_	51 tale	case
47	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 tale	nsubj
48	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	51 tale	det
49	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 tale	amod
50	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 tale	compound
51	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 familiar	conj
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 touches	punct
53	in	in	ADP	_	55 touches	case
54	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	55 touches	det
55	touches	touch	NOUN	Number=Plur	51 tale	conj
56	of	of	ADP	_	57 Pythagoras	case
57	Pythagoras	Pythagoras	PROPN	Number=Sing	55 touches	nmod
58	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 Plato	cc
59	Plato	Plato	PROPN	Number=Sing	57 Pythagoras	conj
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 legends	punct
61	and	and	CCONJ	_	65 legends	cc
62	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	65 legends	det
63	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	65 legends	amod
64	religious	religious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	65 legends	amod
65	legends	legend	NOUN	Number=Plur	51 tale	conj
66	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 full	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	Hindoo in dress's form and spirit				of associations; dress nsubj; instinct with that philosophical mythology scraps and fragments parataxis; full property	tree rules
2	is	present			Hindoo	the story of the Fall and the poetry of Milton	of fragments; a old fairy tale and some touches of Pythagoras and Plato and some old religious legends conj; familiar property	tree rules
3	form		dress					nom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent
4	touch			Pythagoras and Plato				nom touch «event transitive»: of=patient

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 33