The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, An Evil Eye., sentence 3
_O glorious and infinite Spirit of Peace, Lord of Ascetics, who whirling round in thy wild dance dost lend as it were its colour to the sky, in whose mirror are seen reflected the blueness of thy throat and the silver digit of the moon in the matted tufts of thy tawny hair: thee we adore.
Who acts: whirling, glorious Spirit, dance, thee, thy · What happens: whirl, do, lend, be, see, reflect · To what, where: wild dance, sky, mirror, blueness
This is a sentence of «The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth» by Unknown, An Evil Eye.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (whirling, glorious Spirit, dance, thee), 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 | _ | 6 Spirit | punct |
| 2 | O | of | ADP | Abbr=Yes | 6 Spirit | case |
| 3 | glorious | glorious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 Spirit | amod |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 infinite | cc |
| 5 | infinite | infinite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 glorious | conj |
| 6 | Spirit | Spirit | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 lend | nsubj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 Peace | case |
| 8 | Peace | Peace | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Spirit | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 Lord | punct |
| 10 | Lord | Lord | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Spirit | conj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 Ascetics | case |
| 12 | Ascetics | Ascetic | PROPN | Number=Plur | 10 Lord | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 whirling | punct |
| 14 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 whirling | nsubj |
| 15 | whirling | whirl | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 21 dost | csubj |
| 16 | round | round | ADV | _ | 15 whirling | advmod |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 dance | case |
| 18 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 20 dance | nmod:poss |
| 19 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 dance | amod |
| 20 | dance | dance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 whirling | obl |
| 21 | dost | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 Spirit | acl:relcl |
| 22 | lend | lend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 23 | as | as | ADP | _ | 27 colour | case |
| 24 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 colour | nsubj |
| 25 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 colour | cop |
| 26 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 colour | nmod:poss |
| 27 | colour | colour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 lend | obl |
| 28 | to | to | ADP | _ | 30 sky | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 sky | det |
| 30 | sky | sky | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 lend | obl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 seen | punct |
| 32 | in | in | ADP | _ | 34 mirror | case |
| 33 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 34 mirror | nmod:poss |
| 34 | mirror | mirror | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 seen | obl |
| 35 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 36 seen | aux:pass |
| 36 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 22 lend | parataxis |
| 37 | reflected | reflect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 36 seen | xcomp |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 blueness | det |
| 39 | blueness | blueness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 reflected | obj |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 throat | case |
| 41 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 42 throat | nmod:poss |
| 42 | throat | throat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 blueness | nmod |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 digit | cc |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 digit | det |
| 45 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 digit | compound |
| 46 | digit | digit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 blueness | conj |
| 47 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 moon | case |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 moon | det |
| 49 | moon | moon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 digit | nmod |
| 50 | in | in | ADP | _ | 53 tufts | case |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 tufts | det |
| 52 | matted | mat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 53 tufts | amod |
| 53 | tufts | tuft | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 moon | nmod |
| 54 | of | of | ADP | _ | 57 hair | case |
| 55 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 57 hair | nmod:poss |
| 56 | tawny | tawny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 57 hair | amod |
| 57 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 tufts | nmod |
| 58 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 61 adore | punct |
| 59 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 61 adore | nsubj |
| 60 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 61 adore | nsubj |
| 61 | adore | adore | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 lend | conj |
| 62 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 22 lend | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | whirl | gerund | thy wild dance | who nsubj; round property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in dance=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | do | present | whirling | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | lend | present | glorious Spirit of Peace and Lord of Ascetics | the sky | vn give-13.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to sky=Recipient | ||||
| 4 | is | past | dance | as dance's colour | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | see | present · passive | mirror | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 6 | reflect | participle | the blueness of thy throat and the silver digit of the moon in the matted tufts of thy tawny hair | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | mat | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 8 | adore | present | thee | we nsubj | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 9 | dance | thy | nom dance «communication 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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