The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 8, sentence 69
And then, seized with frenzy, he began to pursue her, calling aloud: Shrí!
Who acts: Umra · What happens: seize, begin, pursue, call · To what, where: Shrí · 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 (Umra), 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 | _ | 4 seized | cc |
| 2 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 seized | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 seized | punct |
| 4 | seized | seize | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 frenzy | case |
| 6 | frenzy | frenzy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 seized | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 began | punct |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 began | nsubj |
| 9 | began | begin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 seized | conj |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 pursue | mark |
| 11 | pursue | pursue | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 began | xcomp |
| 12 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 pursue | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 calling | punct |
| 14 | calling | call | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 began | advcl |
| 15 | aloud | aloud | ADV | _ | 14 calling | advmod |
| 16 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 17 Shrí | punct |
| 17 | Shrí | Shrí | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 calling | obl |
| 18 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 seized | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | seize | participle | then | with frenzy | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | begin | past | Umra | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | pursue | to-infinitive | Umra not said here | Shrí | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ||||
| 4 | call | gerund | Umra not said here | Shrí | aloud property | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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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