The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, An Evil Eye., sentence 61
Nay, in the interior of her heart she rejoiced, to find that she could not dissuade him, for she was filled with curiosity herself, to see whether in truth her beauty would prevail over the ascetic, though she trembled for the consequences.
Who acts: interior, beauty · What happens: rejoice, find, not dissuade, fill, see, prevail · To what, where: Daksha, interior, truth · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (interior, beauty), 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 | Nay | nay | INTJ | _ | 10 rejoiced | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 interior | punct |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 interior | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 interior | det |
| 5 | interior | interior | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 rejoiced | nsubj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 heart | case |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 heart | nmod:poss |
| 8 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 interior | nmod |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 rejoiced | nsubj |
| 10 | rejoiced | rejoice | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 find | punct |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 find | mark |
| 13 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 rejoiced | ccomp |
| 14 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 18 dissuade | mark |
| 15 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 dissuade | nsubj |
| 16 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 dissuade | aux |
| 17 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 18 dissuade | advmod |
| 18 | dissuade | dissuade | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 find | ccomp |
| 19 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 dissuade | obj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 filled | punct |
| 21 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 24 filled | mark |
| 22 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 filled | nsubj |
| 23 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 filled | aux:pass |
| 24 | filled | fill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 find | conj |
| 25 | with | with | ADP | _ | 26 curiosity | case |
| 26 | curiosity | curiosity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 filled | obl |
| 27 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 24 filled | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 see | punct |
| 29 | to | to | PART | _ | 30 see | mark |
| 30 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 find | conj |
| 31 | whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 37 prevail | mark |
| 32 | in | in | ADP | _ | 33 truth | case |
| 33 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 prevail | obl |
| 34 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 beauty | nmod:poss |
| 35 | beauty | beauty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 prevail | nsubj |
| 36 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 37 prevail | aux |
| 37 | prevail | prevail | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 see | ccomp |
| 38 | over | over | ADP | _ | 40 ascetic | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 ascetic | det |
| 40 | ascetic | ascetic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 prevail | obl |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 trembled | punct |
| 42 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 44 trembled | mark |
| 43 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 trembled | nsubj |
| 44 | trembled | tremble | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 prevail | conj |
| 45 | for | for | ADP | _ | 47 consequences | case |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 consequences | det |
| 47 | consequences | consequence | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 trembled | obl |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 rejoiced | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rejoice | past | the interior of interior's heart | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | find | to-infinitive | the interior of interior's heart not said here | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | not dissuade | could | interior | Daksha | vn discourage-64.5 «NP V NP PP.eventuality»: agent=Causer he=Beneficiary | ||||
| 4 | fill | past · passive | interior | with curiosity; interior obl | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with curiosity=Instrument | ||||
| 5 | see | to-infinitive | the interior of interior's heart not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 6 | prevail | would | interior's beauty | truth | over the ascetic | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in truth=Location | |||
| 7 | tremble | past | beauty | for the consequences | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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