The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 1, sentence 115
Is there any such land in the world, as this Land of the Lotus of the Sun, of which in all my dominions, haunted by merchants and strangers from every quarter of the earth, no one has ever even so much as heard?
Who acts: such land, one · What happens: be, haunt, have, hear · To what, where: dominions, quarter, much
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 (such land, one), 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 | Is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 1 Is | expl |
| 3 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 5 land | det |
| 4 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 land | amod |
| 5 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Is | nsubj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 world | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 world | det |
| 8 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 land | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 Land | punct |
| 10 | as | as | ADP | _ | 12 Land | case |
| 11 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 12 Land | det |
| 12 | Land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 land | appos |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 Lotus | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 Lotus | det |
| 15 | Lotus | Lotus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Land | nmod |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 Sun | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 Sun | det |
| 18 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 Lotus | nmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 dominions | punct |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 which | case |
| 21 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 25 dominions | nsubj |
| 22 | in | in | ADP | _ | 25 dominions | case |
| 23 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 25 dominions | det:predet |
| 24 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 dominions | nmod:poss |
| 25 | dominions | dominion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 Land | conj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 haunted | punct |
| 27 | haunted | haunt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 25 dominions | acl |
| 28 | by | by | ADP | _ | 29 merchants | case |
| 29 | merchants | merchant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 haunted | obl |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 strangers | cc |
| 31 | strangers | stranger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 merchants | conj |
| 32 | from | from | ADP | _ | 34 quarter | case |
| 33 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 34 quarter | det |
| 34 | quarter | quarter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 haunted | obl |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 earth | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 earth | det |
| 37 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 quarter | nmod |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 has | punct |
| 39 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 40 one | det |
| 40 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 has | nsubj |
| 41 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 dominions | parataxis |
| 42 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 41 has | advmod |
| 43 | even | even | ADV | _ | 45 much | advmod |
| 44 | so | so | ADV | _ | 45 much | advmod |
| 45 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 has | obj |
| 46 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 47 heard | mark |
| 47 | heard | hear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 45 much | acl |
| 48 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Is | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | present | any such land in the world | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | haunt | participle | my dominions of this Land of the Lotus of the Sun and my dominions of this Land of the Lotus and all dominions not said here | every quarter of the earth | by merchants and strangers | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 3 | have | present | no one | much | ever | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Patient | |||
| 4 | hear | participle | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |
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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