The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 8, sentence 55
And now, by the decree of destiny, it so happened, that Umra-Singh, having wandered through the whole world looking for his wife, roaming up and down in the forest, was lying asleep in another place, close to that very pool.
Who acts: it, Umra, destiny · What happens: happen, wander, look, roam, lie, decree · To what, where: whole world, forest, place
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 (it, Umra, destiny), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 happened | cc |
| 2 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 12 happened | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 now | punct |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 decree | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 decree | det |
| 6 | decree | decree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 happened | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 destiny | case |
| 8 | destiny | destiny | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 decree | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 decree | punct |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 happened | nsubj |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 happened | advmod |
| 12 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 lying | punct |
| 14 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 39 lying | mark |
| 15 | Umra | Umra | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 lying | nsubj |
| 16 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 15 Umra | punct |
| 17 | Singh | Singh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 Umra | flat |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 wandered | punct |
| 19 | having | have | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 20 wandered | aux |
| 20 | wandered | wander | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 15 Umra | parataxis |
| 21 | through | through | ADP | _ | 24 world | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 world | det |
| 23 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 world | amod |
| 24 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 wandered | obl |
| 25 | looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 20 wandered | advcl |
| 26 | for | for | ADP | _ | 28 wife | case |
| 27 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 wife | nmod:poss |
| 28 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 looking | obl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 roaming | punct |
| 30 | roaming | roam | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 25 looking | conj |
| 31 | up | up | ADV | _ | 30 roaming | advmod |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 down | cc |
| 33 | down | down | ADV | _ | 31 up | conj |
| 34 | in | in | ADP | _ | 36 forest | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 forest | det |
| 36 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 roaming | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 Umra | punct |
| 38 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 lying | aux |
| 39 | lying | lie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 happened | advcl |
| 40 | asleep | asleep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 lying | xcomp |
| 41 | in | in | ADP | _ | 43 place | case |
| 42 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 43 place | det |
| 43 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 lying | obl |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 close | punct |
| 45 | close | close | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 place | amod |
| 46 | to | to | ADP | _ | 49 pool | case |
| 47 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 49 pool | det |
| 48 | very | very | ADV | _ | 49 pool | advmod |
| 49 | pool | pool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 close | obl |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 happened | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | past | it | now | by the decree of destiny | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by decree=Location | |||
| 2 | wander | gerund · perfect | the whole world | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through world=Trajectory | |||||
| 3 | look | gerund | for Umra's wife | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for wife=Theme | |||||
| 4 | roam | gerund | the forest | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in forest=Trajectory | |||||
| 5 | lie | past · progressive | Umra | another place | asleep property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in place=Location | |||
| 6 | decree | destiny | nom decree «communication intransitive»: of=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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