The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, An Evil Eye., sentence 35
So it happened, that on a day, when he was disputing about her with one of his friends, and abusing him, for not readily admitting all his own eulogies of his wife, that friend of his suddenly burst out laughing, and exclaimed: For all things there is a cure, even for snake-bite there is a cure, but there is no cure, for one who has been bitten with a woman's beauty.
Who acts: it, that, friend, cure · What happens: happen, dispute, abuse, not admit, burst out, laugh · To what, where: purpose, own eulogies, things, snake bite
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 (it, that, friend, cure), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 3 happened | advmod |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 happened | nsubj |
| 3 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 disputing | punct |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 13 disputing | nsubj |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 day | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 day | det |
| 8 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 disputing | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 day | punct |
| 10 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 13 disputing | advmod |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 disputing | nsubj |
| 12 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 disputing | aux |
| 13 | disputing | dispute | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 happened | advcl |
| 14 | about | about | ADP | _ | 15 her | case |
| 15 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 disputing | obl |
| 16 | with | with | ADP | _ | 17 one | case |
| 17 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 disputing | obl |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 friends | case |
| 19 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 friends | nmod:poss |
| 20 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 one | nmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 abusing | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 abusing | cc |
| 23 | abusing | abuse | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 happened | advcl |
| 24 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 abusing | obj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 admitting | punct |
| 26 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 29 admitting | mark |
| 27 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 29 admitting | advmod |
| 28 | readily | readily | ADV | _ | 29 admitting | advmod |
| 29 | admitting | admit | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 23 abusing | conj |
| 30 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 33 eulogies | det:predet |
| 31 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 eulogies | nmod:poss |
| 32 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 eulogies | amod |
| 33 | eulogies | eulogy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 admitting | obj |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 wife | case |
| 35 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 wife | nmod:poss |
| 36 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 eulogies | nmod |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 friend | punct |
| 38 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 39 friend | det |
| 39 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 admitting | conj |
| 40 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 43 burst | mark |
| 41 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 burst | nmod:poss |
| 42 | suddenly | suddenly | ADV | _ | 43 burst | advmod |
| 43 | burst | burst | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 friend | acl:relcl |
| 44 | out | out | ADP | _ | 43 burst | compound:prt |
| 45 | laughing | laugh | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 43 burst | advcl |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 exclaimed | punct |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 exclaimed | cc |
| 48 | exclaimed | exclaim | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 43 burst | conj |
| 49 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 52 things | punct |
| 50 | For | for | ADP | _ | 52 things | case |
| 51 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 52 things | det |
| 52 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 48 exclaimed | obj |
| 53 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 54 is | expl |
| 54 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 52 things | acl:relcl |
| 55 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 56 cure | det |
| 56 | cure | cure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 is | nsubj |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 bite | punct |
| 58 | even | even | ADV | _ | 62 bite | advmod |
| 59 | for | for | ADP | _ | 62 bite | case |
| 60 | snake | snake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 bite | compound |
| 61 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 60 snake | punct |
| 62 | bite | bite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 things | appos |
| 63 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 64 is | expl |
| 64 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 62 bite | acl:relcl |
| 65 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 66 cure | det |
| 66 | cure | cure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 is | nsubj |
| 67 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 70 is | punct |
| 68 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 70 is | cc |
| 69 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 70 is | expl |
| 70 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 48 exclaimed | parataxis |
| 71 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 72 cure | det |
| 72 | cure | cure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 70 is | nsubj |
| 73 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 75 one | punct |
| 74 | for | for | ADP | _ | 75 one | case |
| 75 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 72 cure | appos |
| 76 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 79 bitten | nsubj:pass |
| 77 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 79 bitten | aux |
| 78 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 79 bitten | aux:pass |
| 79 | bitten | bite | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 75 one | acl:relcl |
| 80 | with | with | ADP | _ | 84 beauty | case |
| 81 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 82 woman | det |
| 82 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 84 beauty | nmod:poss |
| 83 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 82 woman | case |
| 84 | beauty | beauty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 79 bitten | obl |
| 85 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 happened | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | past | it | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | dispute | past · progressive | that | day | about woman; with one of purpose's friends; purpose nsubj | vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme whether S»: agent=Agent about she=Theme with one=Co-Agent | |||
| 3 | abuse | gerund | purpose | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | |||||
| 4 | not admit speech: other | gerund | purpose's own eulogies of purpose's wife | that friend conj; readily property | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eulogy=Theme | ||||
| 5 | burst out | past | that friend not said here | purpose nmod:poss; suddenly property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | laugh | gerund | that friend not said here | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | exclaim speech: express | past | that friend not said here | all things | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thing=Topic | ||||
| 8 | be | present | a cure | all things not said here | there | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot thing=Theme | |||
| 9 | be | present | a cure | snake bite not said here | there | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot bite=Theme | |||
| 10 | be | present | no cure | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 11 | bite | present · perfect · passive | with a woman's beauty; who nsubj:pass | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with beauty=Instrument |
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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