The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, The Descent of the Sun., sentence 83

[1] _Shrí_ also means a Sacred Lotus, and it is the name of the twelfth Digit of the Moon: thus indicating the position of this story in the series to which it belongs: for an account of which, and the manuscript, I may refer the reader to the preface to her predecessor _Shashiní_, entitled _A Digit of the Moon_.

Who acts: Shrí, lotus, manuscript · What happens: mean, be, indicate, belong, refer, entitle · To what, where: Sacred Lotus, name, position, reader, preface, Digit

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 (Shrí, lotus, manuscript), 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	[	[	PUNCT	_	2 1	punct
2	1	1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 means	discourse
3	]	]	PUNCT	_	2 1	punct
4	_	_	PUNCT	_	8 means	punct
5	Shrí	Shrí	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 means	nsubj
6	_	_	PUNCT	_	5 Shrí	punct
7	also	also	ADV	_	8 means	advmod
8	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 Lotus	det
10	Sacred	Sacred	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Lotus	compound
11	Lotus	Lotus	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 means	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 name	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 name	cc
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 name	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 name	cop
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 name	det
17	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 means	parataxis
18	of	of	ADP	_	21 Digit	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 Digit	det
20	twelfth	twelfth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 Digit	amod
21	Digit	Digit	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 name	nmod
22	of	of	ADP	_	24 Moon	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 Moon	det
24	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 Digit	nmod
25	:	:	PUNCT	_	27 indicating	punct
26	thus	thus	ADV	_	27 indicating	advmod
27	indicating	indicate	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 means	conj
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 position	det
29	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 indicating	obj
30	of	of	ADP	_	32 story	case
31	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	32 story	det
32	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 position	nmod
33	in	in	ADP	_	35 series	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 series	det
35	series	series	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 story	nmod
36	to	to	ADP	_	37 which	case
37	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	39 belongs	obl
38	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 belongs	nsubj
39	belongs	belong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	35 series	acl:relcl
40	:	:	PUNCT	_	43 account	punct
41	for	for	ADP	_	43 account	case
42	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	43 account	det
43	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 indicating	obl
44	of	of	ADP	_	45 which	case
45	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	43 account	nmod
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 refer	punct
47	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 refer	cc
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 manuscript	det
49	manuscript	manuscript	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 refer	nsubj
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 manuscript	punct
51	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	53 refer	nsubj
52	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	53 refer	aux
53	refer	refer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	27 indicating	conj
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 reader	det
55	reader	reader	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 refer	obj
56	to	to	ADP	_	58 preface	case
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 preface	det
58	preface	preface	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 refer	obl
59	to	to	ADP	_	61 predecessor	case
60	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	61 predecessor	nmod:poss
61	predecessor	predecessor	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 preface	nmod
62	_	_	PUNCT	_	63 Shashiní	punct
63	Shashiní	Shashiní	PROPN	Number=Sing	53 refer	obl
64	_	_	PUNCT	_	27 indicating	punct
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	66 entitled	punct
66	entitled	entitle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 indicating	parataxis
67	_	_	PUNCT	_	66 entitled	punct
68	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	69 Digit	det
69	Digit	Digit	PROPN	Number=Sing	66 entitled	obj
70	of	of	ADP	_	72 Moon	case
71	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	72 Moon	det
72	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	69 Digit	nmod
73	_	_	PUNCT	_	66 entitled	punct
74	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 means	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Shrí	a Sacred Lotus		1 discourse	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lotus=Topic
2	is a	present	lotus	the name		of the twelfth Digit of the Moon	tree rules
3	indicate	gerund	Shrí not said here	the position of this story in the series		for a account; thus property	vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot position=Topic
4	belong	present	lotus			to the series	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme
5	refer	may	the manuscript	the reader	the preface to MANUSCRIPT's predecessor	Shashiní obl; I nsubj	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent reader=Theme to preface=Recipient
6	entitle	past		a Digit of the Moon			tree rules

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 83