The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, An Evil Eye., sentence 9
Then the young King bowed before him, and said: Blessed One, let me continue in this contemplation of thee: that is enough.
Who acts: young King, me, that · What happens: bow, say, let, continue, be, contemplate · To what, where: me, contemplation, 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 (young King, me, that), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 bowed | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 King | det |
| 3 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 King | amod |
| 4 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 bowed | nsubj |
| 5 | bowed | bow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | before | before | ADP | _ | 7 him | case |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 bowed | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 said | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 said | cc |
| 10 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 bowed | conj |
| 11 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 12 Blessed | punct |
| 12 | Blessed | blessed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 said | ccomp |
| 13 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 Blessed | nsubj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 let | punct |
| 15 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 12 Blessed | parataxis |
| 16 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 let | obj |
| 17 | continue | continue | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 let | xcomp |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 contemplation | case |
| 19 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 20 contemplation | det |
| 20 | contemplation | contemplation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 continue | obl |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 thee | case |
| 22 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 20 contemplation | nmod |
| 23 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 26 enough | punct |
| 24 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 26 enough | nsubj |
| 25 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 enough | cop |
| 26 | enough | enough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 bowed | conj |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 bowed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bow | past | the young King | before fire; then | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before he=Location | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | the young King not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | let | infinitive | me | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | continue | infinitive | me not said here | this contemplation of thee | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | is | present | that | enough property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | contemplate | thee | nom contemplation «act transitive»: of=patient |
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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