The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 8, sentence 66
And crying: What, another! she turned and fled away from him faster than ever, covering her eyes with her hands.
Who acts: Shrí · What happens: cry, turn, flee away, cover · To what, where: eyes
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 (Shrí), 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 | _ | 2 crying | cc |
| 2 | crying | cry | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 turned | advcl |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 What | punct |
| 4 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 crying | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 another | punct |
| 6 | another | another | PRON | PronType=Ind | 4 What | nsubj |
| 7 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 2 crying | punct |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 turned | nsubj |
| 9 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 fled | cc |
| 11 | fled | flee | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 turned | conj |
| 12 | away | away | ADV | _ | 11 fled | advmod |
| 13 | from | from | ADP | _ | 14 him | case |
| 14 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 fled | obl |
| 15 | faster | fast | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 11 fled | advmod |
| 16 | than | than | ADP | _ | 17 ever | case |
| 17 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 15 faster | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 covering | punct |
| 19 | covering | cover | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 fled | advcl |
| 20 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 21 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 covering | obj |
| 22 | with | with | ADP | _ | 24 hands | case |
| 23 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 hands | nmod:poss |
| 24 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 covering | obl |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 turned | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cry speech: express | gerund | Shrí not said here | What another obj | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ||||
| 2 | turn | past | Shrí | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | flee away | past | Shrí not said here | ever | from Umra; away, fast property | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from he=Initial_Location | |||
| 4 | cover | gerund | Shrí not said here | Shrí's eyes | with Shrí's hands | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent eye=Destination with hand=Theme |
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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