The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, The Descent of the Sun., sentence 86

[3] From this point of view, the period of Night would be the reign of _Tamas_, one of the three great categories of that philosophy: the Quality of _Darkness_, as opposed to _Light_, _Ignorance_, as opposed to _Knowledge_, _Evil_, as opposed to _Good_, the World _Below_, as opposed to the World _Above_.

Who acts: 3 · What happens: be, oppose, point · To what, where: reign, Quality, _, Knowledge, view

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 (3), 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 3	punct
2	3	3	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	17 reign	nsubj
3	]	]	PUNCT	_	2 3	punct
4	From	from	ADP	_	6 point	case
5	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 point	det
6	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 3	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 view	case
8	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 point	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 period	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 period	det
11	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 reign	nsubj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 Night	case
13	Night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 period	nmod
14	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 reign	aux
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 reign	cop
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 reign	det
17	reign	reign	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 Tamas	case
19	_	_	PUNCT	_	18 of	punct
20	Tamas	Tamas	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 reign	nmod
21	_	_	PUNCT	_	20 Tamas	punct
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 one	punct
23	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	20 Tamas	appos
24	of	of	ADP	_	28 categories	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 categories	det
26	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	28 categories	nummod
27	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 categories	amod
28	categories	category	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 one	nmod
29	of	of	ADP	_	31 philosophy	case
30	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	31 philosophy	det
31	philosophy	philosophy	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 categories	nmod
32	:	:	PUNCT	_	34 Quality	punct
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 Quality	det
34	Quality	quality	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 reign	appos
35	of	of	ADP	_	37 Darkness	case
36	_	_	PUNCT	_	35 of	punct
37	Darkness	darkness	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 Quality	nmod
38	_	_	PUNCT	_	34 Quality	punct
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 opposed	punct
40	as	as	SCONJ	_	41 opposed	mark
41	opposed	oppose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	34 Quality	acl
42	to	to	ADP	_	43 _	case
43	_	_	PROPN	Number=Sing	41 opposed	obl
44	Light	Light	PROPN	Number=Sing	43 _	flat
45	_	_	PUNCT	_	43 _	punct
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 Ignorance	punct
47	_	_	PUNCT	_	48 Ignorance	punct
48	Ignorance	ignorance	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 Quality	conj
49	_	_	PUNCT	_	34 Quality	punct
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 opposed	punct
51	as	as	SCONJ	_	52 opposed	mark
52	opposed	oppose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 reign	parataxis
53	to	to	ADP	_	55 Knowledge	case
54	_	_	PUNCT	_	53 to	punct
55	Knowledge	Knowledge	PROPN	Number=Sing	52 opposed	obl
56	_	_	PUNCT	_	52 opposed	punct
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 Evil	punct
58	_	_	PUNCT	_	59 Evil	punct
59	Evil	evil	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 reign	parataxis
60	_	_	PUNCT	_	59 Evil	punct
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 _	punct
62	as	as	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	67 _	case
63	opposed	oppose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	62 as	fixed
64	to	to	ADP	_	62 as	fixed
65	_	_	PUNCT	_	67 _	punct
66	Good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	67 _	amod
67	_	_	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 reign	conj
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 World	punct
69	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	70 World	det
70	World	World	PROPN	Number=Sing	67 _	appos
71	_	_	PUNCT	_	72 Below	punct
72	Below	below	ADV	_	67 _	advmod
73	_	_	PUNCT	_	72 Below	punct
74	,	,	PUNCT	_	76 opposed	punct
75	as	as	SCONJ	_	76 opposed	mark
76	opposed	oppose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 reign	acl
77	to	to	ADP	_	79 World	case
78	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	79 World	det
79	World	World	PROPN	Number=Sing	76 opposed	obl:agent
80	_	_	PUNCT	_	81 Above	punct
81	Above	above	ADP	_	17 reign	conj
82	_	_	PUNCT	_	81 Above	punct
83	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 reign	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	is a	would	3 from this point of view	the reign and Good _		of Tamas; the period of Night nsubj; the Quality of Darkness and Ignorance appos; Good _ conj	tree rules
2	oppose	participle		the Quality of Darkness and Ignorance not said here	_		vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	oppose	participle			Knowledge		vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
4	oppose	participle					vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
5	oppose	participle		the reign and Good _ not said here		the World obl:agent	vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
6	point			view			nom point «cognition 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 86