The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, An Evil Eye., sentence 36
Know, O thou infatuated lover, that the golden glamour of our Other Half, Man's ectype, Woman, is not like a simple musical theme, but one infinitely various, containing ten thousand notes, and stirring like a churning stick all the emotions in the ocean of the soul of man.
Who acts: you, thou, golden glamour · What happens: know, infatuate, lover, not be, contain, stir · To what, where: thousand notes, emotions, ocean
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 (you, thou, golden glamour), 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 | Know | know | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 lover | punct |
| 3 | O | o | INTJ | _ | 6 lover | discourse |
| 4 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 6 lover | nsubj |
| 5 | infatuated | infatuate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 lover | amod |
| 6 | lover | lover | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Know | vocative |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 theme | punct |
| 8 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 29 theme | mark |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 glamour | det |
| 10 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 glamour | amod |
| 11 | glamour | glamour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 theme | nsubj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 Half | case |
| 13 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 Half | nmod:poss |
| 14 | Other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 Half | amod |
| 15 | Half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 11 glamour | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 ectype | punct |
| 17 | Man | Man | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 ectype | nmod:poss |
| 18 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 17 Man | case |
| 19 | ectype | ectype | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 Half | conj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 Woman | punct |
| 21 | Woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 ectype | appos |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 glamour | punct |
| 23 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 29 theme | cop |
| 24 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 29 theme | advmod |
| 25 | like | like | ADP | _ | 29 theme | case |
| 26 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 29 theme | det |
| 27 | simple | simple | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 theme | amod |
| 28 | musical | musical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 theme | amod |
| 29 | theme | theme | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Know | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 various | punct |
| 31 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 34 various | cc |
| 32 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 34 various | nsubj |
| 33 | infinitely | infinitely | ADV | _ | 34 various | advmod |
| 34 | various | various | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Know | parataxis |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 containing | punct |
| 36 | containing | contain | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 34 various | advcl |
| 37 | ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 38 thousand | compound |
| 38 | thousand | thousand | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 39 notes | nummod |
| 39 | notes | note | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 containing | obj |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 stirring | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 stirring | cc |
| 42 | stirring | stir | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 36 containing | conj |
| 43 | like | like | ADP | _ | 46 stick | case |
| 44 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 46 stick | det |
| 45 | churning | churning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 stick | compound |
| 46 | stick | stick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 stirring | obl |
| 47 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 49 emotions | det:predet |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 emotions | det |
| 49 | emotions | emotion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 stirring | obj |
| 50 | in | in | ADP | _ | 52 ocean | case |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 ocean | det |
| 52 | ocean | ocean | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 emotions | nmod |
| 53 | of | of | ADP | _ | 55 soul | case |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 soul | det |
| 55 | soul | soul | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 ocean | nmod |
| 56 | of | of | ADP | _ | 57 man | case |
| 57 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 soul | nmod |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Know | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | imperative | you not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | infatuate | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | lover | thou | tree rules | ||||||
| 4 | not is | present | the golden glamour of our Other Half and Man's ectype | like a simple musical theme | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | contain | gerund | you not said here | thousand notes | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot note=Theme | ||||
| 6 | stir | gerund | you not said here | all emotions | the ocean of the soul of man | like a churning stick | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus emotion=Experiencer |
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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