The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, An Evil Eye., sentence 74
And when she saw that he did not move, she raised herself on tiptoe to look into his eyes, saying to herself: Possibly he is dead.
Who acts: thought, Anushayiní · What happens: see, not move, raise, look, say, be · To what, where: thought, tiptoe · 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 (thought, Anushayiní), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 raised | cc |
| 2 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 saw | advmod |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 saw | nsubj |
| 4 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 raised | advcl |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 move | mark |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 move | nsubj |
| 7 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 move | aux |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 move | advmod |
| 9 | move | move | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 saw | ccomp |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 saw | punct |
| 11 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 raised | nsubj |
| 12 | raised | raise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 12 raised | obj |
| 14 | on | on | ADP | _ | 15 tiptoe | case |
| 15 | tiptoe | tiptoe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 raised | obl |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 look | mark |
| 17 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 raised | advcl |
| 18 | into | into | ADP | _ | 20 eyes | case |
| 19 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 20 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 look | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 saying | punct |
| 22 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 raised | advcl |
| 23 | to | to | ADP | _ | 24 herself | case |
| 24 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 22 saying | obl |
| 25 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 29 dead | punct |
| 26 | Possibly | possibly | ADV | _ | 29 dead | advmod |
| 27 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 dead | nsubj |
| 28 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 29 dead | cop |
| 29 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 raised | parataxis |
| 30 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 raised | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | thought | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | not move | past · do-support | Anushayiní | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | raise | past | thought | thought | tiptoe | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent herself=Theme on tiptoe=Destination | |||
| 4 | look | to-infinitive | thought not said here | into Anushayiní's eyes | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into eye=Theme | ||||
| 5 | say speech: assert | gerund | thought not said here | thought | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to herself=Recipient | ||||
| 6 | is | present | Anushayiní | dead, possibly property | 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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