The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, An Evil Eye., sentence 8
And he appeared to him, in the twilight of evening, in the guise of an ascetic, but in stature like a tall tree, with the new moon in his hair, and said: I am pleased with thy devotion, so now I grant thee a boon: ask.
Who acts: fire, I, thy · What happens: appear, say, be, grant, ask, devote · To what, where: Lord, twilight, thee · 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 (fire, I, thy), 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 | _ | 3 appeared | cc |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 appeared | nsubj |
| 3 | appeared | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 him | case |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 appeared | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 twilight | punct |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 twilight | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 twilight | det |
| 9 | twilight | twilight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 appeared | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 evening | case |
| 11 | evening | evening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 twilight | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 guise | punct |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 guise | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 guise | det |
| 15 | guise | guise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 appeared | obl |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 ascetic | case |
| 17 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 ascetic | det |
| 18 | ascetic | ascetic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 guise | nmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 stature | punct |
| 20 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 22 stature | cc |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 22 stature | case |
| 22 | stature | stature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 appeared | obl |
| 23 | like | like | ADP | _ | 26 tree | case |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 tree | det |
| 25 | tall | tall | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 tree | amod |
| 26 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 stature | nmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 moon | punct |
| 28 | with | with | ADP | _ | 31 moon | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 moon | det |
| 30 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 moon | amod |
| 31 | moon | moon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 appeared | obl |
| 32 | in | in | ADP | _ | 34 hair | case |
| 33 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 hair | nmod:poss |
| 34 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 moon | nmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 said | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 said | cc |
| 37 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 appeared | parataxis |
| 38 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 41 pleased | punct |
| 39 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 41 pleased | nsubj |
| 40 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 41 pleased | cop |
| 41 | pleased | pleased | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 said | ccomp |
| 42 | with | with | ADP | _ | 44 devotion | case |
| 43 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 44 devotion | nmod:poss |
| 44 | devotion | devotion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 pleased | obl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 grant | punct |
| 46 | so | so | ADV | _ | 49 grant | advmod |
| 47 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 49 grant | advmod |
| 48 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 49 grant | nsubj |
| 49 | grant | grant | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 appeared | conj |
| 50 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 49 grant | obj |
| 51 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 52 boon | det |
| 52 | boon | boon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 grant | obj |
| 53 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 54 ask | punct |
| 54 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 appeared | conj |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 appeared | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | appear | past | fire | Lord | the twilight of evening | in the guise of a ascetic; in stature like a tall tree; with the new moon in fire's hair | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in twilight=Location | ||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | is | present | I | with thy devotion; pleased property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | grant | present | I | thee | now | a boon obj | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent thou=Goal boon=Theme | ||
| 5 | ask speech: ask | infinitive | fire not said here | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | devote | thy | nom devotion «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |
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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