The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 8, sentence 51
[1] The same idea is beautifully put by Butler in Hudibras, where he calls the sun's light on the moon a
Who acts: Butler, Hudibras, sun · What happens: put, call, light · To what, where: same idea, Hudibras, light, moon · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth» by Unknown, A Sleep and a Dream., part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Butler, Hudibras, sun), 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 | 9 put | discourse |
| 3 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 2 1 | punct |
| 4 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 idea | det |
| 5 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 idea | amod |
| 6 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 put | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 put | aux:pass |
| 8 | beautifully | beautifully | ADV | _ | 9 put | advmod |
| 9 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 Butler | case |
| 11 | Butler | Butler | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 put | obl |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 Hudibras | case |
| 13 | Hudibras | Hudibras | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 put | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 calls | punct |
| 15 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 17 calls | advmod |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 calls | nsubj |
| 17 | calls | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 put | conj |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 sun | det |
| 19 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 light | nmod:poss |
| 20 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 19 sun | case |
| 21 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 calls | obj |
| 22 | on | on | ADP | _ | 24 moon | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 moon | det |
| 24 | moon | moon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 calls | obl |
| 25 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 put | obj |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | present · passive | Butler | the same idea | Hudibras | 1 discourse; beautifully property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent subject=Asset a=Goal | ||
| 2 | call | present | Hudibras | the sun's light | the moon | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent light=Recipient | |||
| 3 | light | the sun | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=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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