The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 1, sentence 112

And seeing this, the old King fell sick with anxiety: and he said to himself: My pretty daughter is as cunning as she is beautiful, and beyond a doubt this is some trick devised by her, to appease me, and avoid her bugbear of a husband, and befool us all.

Who acts: old King, King, pretty daughter, daughter, this · What happens: see, fall, say, be, devise, appease · To what, where: this, King, trick, me, bugbear, us · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (old King, King, pretty daughter, daughter), 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	_	8 fell	cc
2	seeing	see	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 fell	advcl
3	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 seeing	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 seeing	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 King	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 King	amod
7	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 fell	nsubj
8	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 fell	xcomp
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 anxiety	case
11	anxiety	anxiety	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fell	obl
12	:	:	PUNCT	_	15 said	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 said	cc
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 said	nsubj
15	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 fell	conj
16	to	to	ADP	_	17 himself	case
17	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	15 said	obl
18	:	:	PUNCT	_	24 cunning	punct
19	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 daughter	nmod:poss
20	pretty	pretty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 daughter	amod
21	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 cunning	nsubj
22	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 cunning	cop
23	as	as	ADV	_	24 cunning	advmod
24	cunning	cunning	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 said	parataxis
25	as	as	SCONJ	_	28 beautiful	mark
26	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 beautiful	nsubj
27	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	28 beautiful	cop
28	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 cunning	advcl
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 appease	punct
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 appease	cc
31	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	33 doubt	case
32	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	33 doubt	det
33	doubt	doubt	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 appease	obl
34	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	37 trick	nsubj
35	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	37 trick	cop
36	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	37 trick	det
37	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 doubt	nmod
38	devised	devise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	37 trick	acl
39	by	by	ADP	_	40 her	case
40	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 devised	obl
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 appease	punct
42	to	to	PART	_	43 appease	mark
43	appease	appease	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	24 cunning	conj
44	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	43 appease	obj
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 avoid	punct
46	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 avoid	cc
47	avoid	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	43 appease	conj
48	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	49 bugbear	nmod:poss
49	bugbear	bugbear	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 avoid	obj
50	of	of	ADP	_	52 husband	case
51	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	52 husband	det
52	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 bugbear	nmod
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 befool	punct
54	and	and	CCONJ	_	55 befool	cc
55	befool	befool	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	43 appease	conj
56	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	55 befool	obj
57	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	56 us	nmod:unmarked
58	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 fell	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	see	gerund	the old King not said here	this			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus
2	fall	past	the old King			with anxiety; sick property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	say speech: assert	past	King		King		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient
4	is	present	My pretty daughter			cunning property	tree rules
5	is	present	daughter			beautiful property	tree rules
6	is a	present	this	some trick			tree rules
7	devise	participle		some trick not said here		by daughter	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
8	appease	to-infinitive	My pretty daughter not said here	me		beyond a doubt	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer
9	avoid	infinitive	My pretty daughter not said here	daughter's bugbear of a husband			vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent bugbear=Location
10	befool	infinitive	My pretty daughter not said here	us			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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The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 1, sentence 112