The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 1, sentence 102
So the criers went through the streets of the capital, beating drums and crying aloud: _Whatsoever high-caste man has been to the Land of the Lotus of the Sun, let him come to the King: he shall share the King's kingdom, and marry the King's daughter_.
Who acts: criers, caste man, drum · What happens: go, beat, cry, be, let, come · To what, where: streets, drums, drum, kingdom, daughter
This is a sentence of «The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth» by Unknown, A Sleep and a Dream., part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (criers, caste man, drum), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 4 went | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 criers | det |
| 3 | criers | crier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 went | nsubj |
| 4 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | through | through | ADP | _ | 7 streets | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 streets | det |
| 7 | streets | street | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 went | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 capital | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 capital | det |
| 10 | capital | capital | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 streets | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 beating | punct |
| 12 | beating | beat | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 went | advcl |
| 13 | drums | drum | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 beating | obj |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 crying | cc |
| 15 | crying | cry | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 beating | conj |
| 16 | aloud | aloud | ADV | _ | 15 crying | advmod |
| 17 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 went | punct |
| 18 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 28 Land | punct |
| 19 | Whatsoever | whatsoever | ADV | _ | 23 man | advmod |
| 20 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 caste | amod |
| 21 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 20 high | punct |
| 22 | caste | caste | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 man | compound |
| 23 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 Land | nsubj |
| 24 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 28 Land | aux |
| 25 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 28 Land | cop |
| 26 | to | to | ADP | _ | 28 Land | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 Land | det |
| 28 | Land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 went | obl |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 Lotus | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 Lotus | det |
| 31 | Lotus | Lotus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 Land | nmod |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 Sun | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 Sun | det |
| 34 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 Lotus | nmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 let | punct |
| 36 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 Land | conj |
| 37 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 let | obj |
| 38 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 36 let | xcomp |
| 39 | to | to | ADP | _ | 41 King | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 King | det |
| 41 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 come | obl |
| 42 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 45 share | punct |
| 43 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 share | nsubj |
| 44 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 45 share | aux |
| 45 | share | share | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 36 let | conj |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 King | det |
| 47 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 49 kingdom | nmod:poss |
| 48 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 47 King | case |
| 49 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 share | obj |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 marry | punct |
| 51 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 52 marry | cc |
| 52 | marry | marry | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 45 share | parataxis |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 King | det |
| 54 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 56 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 55 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 54 King | case |
| 56 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 marry | obj |
| 57 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 52 marry | punct |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | the criers | the streets of the capital | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through street=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | beat | gerund | the criers not said here | drums | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location drum=Theme | ||||
| 3 | cry speech: express | gerund | the criers not said here | aloud property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | is | present · perfect | caste man | to the Land; of the Lotus of the Sun | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | let | infinitive | caste man not said here | drum | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | come | infinitive | drum not said here | to the King | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to king=Initial_Location | ||||
| 7 | share | shall | drum | the King's kingdom | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | marry | infinitive | the King's daughter | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=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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