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The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 8, sentence 8

And as she stood there doubting whether he were dead or alive, for his face was wan in the light of the pallid moon, his eyes opened, and met her own.

Who acts: moon, fear, face, eyes · What happens: stand, doubt, be, open, meet, light · To what, where: light, own, pallid moon

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 (moon, fear, face, eyes), 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

ccmarknsubjadvmodadvclmarknsubjcopccompccconjpunctmarknmod:possnsubjcopconjcasedetoblcasedetamodnmodpunctnmod:possnsubjparataxispunctccconjnmod:possobjpunctrootAndCCONJasSCONJshePRONstoodVERBthereADVdoubtingVERBwhetherSCONJhePRONwereAUXdeadADJorCCONJaliveADJ,PUNCTforSCONJhisPRONfaceNOUNwasAUXwanADJinADPtheDETlightNOUNofADPtheDETpallidADJmoonNOUN,PUNCThisPRONeyesNOUNopenedVERB,PUNCTandCCONJmetVERBherPRONownADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AndandCCONJ_4 stoodcc
2asasSCONJ_4 stoodmark
3sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 stoodnsubj
4stoodstandVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5therethereADVPronType=Dem4 stoodadvmod
6doubtingdoubtVERBVerbForm=Ger4 stoodadvcl
7whetherwhetherSCONJ_10 deadmark
8hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs10 deadnsubj
9werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 deadcop
10deaddeadADJDegree=Pos6 doubtingccomp
11ororCCONJ_12 alivecc
12alivealiveADJDegree=Pos10 deadconj
13,,PUNCT_18 wanpunct
14forforSCONJ_18 wanmark
15hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs16 facenmod:poss
16facefaceNOUNNumber=Sing18 wannsubj
17wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin18 wancop
18wanwanADJDegree=Pos4 stoodconj
19ininADP_21 lightcase
20thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art21 lightdet
21lightlightNOUNNumber=Sing18 wanobl
22ofofADP_25 mooncase
23thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art25 moondet
24pallidpallidADJDegree=Pos25 moonamod
25moonmoonNOUNNumber=Sing21 lightnmod
26,,PUNCT_29 openedpunct
27hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs28 eyesnmod:poss
28eyeseyeNOUNNumber=Plur29 openednsubj
29openedopenVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 stoodparataxis
30,,PUNCT_32 metpunct
31andandCCONJ_32 metcc
32metmeetVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 stoodconj
33herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs34 ownnmod:poss
34ownownADJDegree=Pos32 metobj
35..PUNCT_4 stoodpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1standpastmoontherevn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2doubtgerundmoon not said herevn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3ispastfeardead propertytree rules
4befear not said heretree rules
5ispastfear's facethe light of the pallid moonwan propertytree rules
6openpastfear's eyesvn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7meetpastmoon not said heremoon's ownvn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent own=Co-Agent
8lightthe pallid moonnom light «phenomenon 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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