The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, The Descent of the Sun., sentence 44
The sun had set, leaving behind it a ruddy glare which faded higher up the sky into the darkness: and exactly on the confines of the colours, in that bath of _nilalohita_, that _purple-red_, which is a favourite epithet of the god Shiwa, hung, like a thing in a dream, the lovely streak of the new moon, one day old.
Who acts: ruddy glare, that, purple red _ · What happens: set, leave, fade, _, be, hang · To what, where: sun, confines, ruddy glare, darkness, favourite epithet
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 (ruddy glare, that, purple red _), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 sun | det |
| 2 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 set | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 set | aux |
| 4 | set | set | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 leaving | punct |
| 6 | leaving | leave | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 set | advcl |
| 7 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 8 it | case |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 leaving | obl |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 glare | det |
| 10 | ruddy | ruddy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 glare | amod |
| 11 | glare | glare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 leaving | obj |
| 12 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 faded | nsubj |
| 13 | faded | fade | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 glare | acl:relcl |
| 14 | higher | high | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 13 faded | advmod |
| 15 | up | up | ADP | _ | 17 sky | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 sky | det |
| 17 | sky | sky | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 faded | obl |
| 18 | into | into | ADP | _ | 20 darkness | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 darkness | det |
| 20 | darkness | darkness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 faded | obl |
| 21 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 26 confines | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 confines | cc |
| 23 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 26 confines | advmod |
| 24 | on | on | ADP | _ | 26 confines | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 confines | det |
| 26 | confines | confines | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 set | obl |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 colours | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 colours | det |
| 29 | colours | colour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 confines | nmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 bath | punct |
| 31 | in | in | ADP | _ | 33 bath | case |
| 32 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 33 bath | det |
| 33 | bath | bath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 confines | appos |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 nilalohita | case |
| 35 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 34 of | punct |
| 36 | nilalohita | nilalohita | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 bath | nmod |
| 37 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 33 bath | punct |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 _ | punct |
| 39 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 44 _ | nsubj |
| 40 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 44 _ | punct |
| 41 | purple | purple | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 _ | amod |
| 42 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 41 purple | punct |
| 43 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 _ | amod |
| 44 | _ | _ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 confines | conj |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 epithet | punct |
| 46 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 50 epithet | nsubj |
| 47 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 50 epithet | cop |
| 48 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 50 epithet | det |
| 49 | favourite | favourite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 epithet | amod |
| 50 | epithet | epithet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 _ | conj |
| 51 | of | of | ADP | _ | 53 god | case |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 god | det |
| 53 | god | god | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 epithet | nmod |
| 54 | Shiwa | Shiwa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 53 god | appos |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 hung | punct |
| 56 | hung | hang | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 confines | parataxis |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 thing | punct |
| 58 | like | like | ADP | _ | 60 thing | case |
| 59 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 60 thing | det |
| 60 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 hung | obl |
| 61 | in | in | ADP | _ | 63 dream | case |
| 62 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 63 dream | det |
| 63 | dream | dream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 thing | nmod |
| 64 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 67 streak | punct |
| 65 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 67 streak | det |
| 66 | lovely | lovely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 67 streak | amod |
| 67 | streak | streak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 confines | conj |
| 68 | of | of | ADP | _ | 71 moon | case |
| 69 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 71 moon | det |
| 70 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 71 moon | amod |
| 71 | moon | moon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 streak | nmod |
| 72 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 74 day | punct |
| 73 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 74 day | nummod |
| 74 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 confines | appos |
| 75 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 74 day | amod |
| 76 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 set | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | set | past · perfect · passive | the sun | the confines of the colours and purple red _ and a favourite epithet and the lovely streak of the new moon | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme on confines=Destination | ||||
| 2 | leave | gerund | a ruddy glare | SUN | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent glare=Theme behind it=Location | ||||
| 3 | fade | past | a ruddy glare | the darkness | up the sky; high property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||
| 4 | _ | that | tree rules | ||||||
| 5 | is a | present | purple red _ and a favourite epithet | a favourite epithet | of the god | tree rules | |||
| 6 | hang | past | like a thing in a dream | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: 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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