The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, An Evil Eye., sentence 5
Long ago, on the slopes of Himálaya, there lived a young King of the Spirits of the Air, named Kamalamitra[2]; for he was a portion of the Sun. And he worshipped the husband of Umá[3].
Who acts: fire · What happens: live, name, be, worshipp · To what, where: young King, slopes, Spirits, husband
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 (fire), 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 | Long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 2 ago | advmod |
| 2 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 11 lived | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 ago | punct |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 slopes | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 slopes | det |
| 6 | slopes | slope | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 lived | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 Himálaya | case |
| 8 | Himálaya | Himálaya | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 slopes | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 slopes | punct |
| 10 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 11 lived | expl |
| 11 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 King | det |
| 13 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 King | amod |
| 14 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 lived | obl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 Spirits | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 Spirits | det |
| 17 | Spirits | spirit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 lived | obl |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 Air | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 Air | det |
| 20 | Air | Air | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 Spirits | nmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 named | punct |
| 22 | named | name | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 Spirits | acl |
| 23 | Kamalamitra | Kamalamitra | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 named | xcomp |
| 24 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 25 2 | punct |
| 25 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 23 Kamalamitra | flat |
| 26 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 23 Kamalamitra | punct |
| 27 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 32 portion | punct |
| 28 | for | for | ADP | _ | 32 portion | case |
| 29 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 portion | nsubj |
| 30 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 portion | cop |
| 31 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 32 portion | det |
| 32 | portion | portion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 lived | conj |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 Sun. | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 Sun. | det |
| 35 | Sun. | Sunday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 portion | nmod |
| 36 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 worshipped | cc |
| 37 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 worshipped | nsubj |
| 38 | worshipped | worshipp | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 lived | conj |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 husband | det |
| 40 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 worshipped | obj |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 Umá | case |
| 42 | Umá | Umá | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 husband | nmod |
| 43 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 44 3 | punct |
| 44 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 38 worshipped | obl |
| 45 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 44 3 | punct |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 lived | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | past | a young King | the slopes of Himálaya; there | of the Spirits of the Air; ago property | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on slope=Location | |||
| 2 | name | participle | the Spirits of the Air not said here | Kamalamitra xcomp | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | is | past | fire | sunday | for a portion | tree rules | |||
| 4 | worshipp | past | fire | the husband of Umá | 3 obl | tree rules |
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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