The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 1, sentence 14
For such things often come about, And beyond a doubt your Majesty is favoured, in being chosen by the deity to be the means of his incarnation.
Who acts: deity, the · What happens: come about, favour, choose, be · To what, where: Majesty
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 (deity, the), 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 | For | for | ADP | _ | 3 things | case |
| 2 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 things | amod |
| 3 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 come | obl |
| 4 | often | often | ADV | _ | 5 come | advmod |
| 5 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | about | about | ADV | _ | 5 come | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 favoured | punct |
| 8 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 favoured | cc |
| 9 | beyond | beyond | ADP | _ | 11 doubt | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 doubt | det |
| 11 | doubt | doubt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 favoured | obl |
| 12 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 Majesty | nmod:poss |
| 13 | Majesty | majesty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 favoured | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 favoured | aux:pass |
| 15 | favoured | favour | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 come | parataxis |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 chosen | punct |
| 17 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 19 chosen | mark |
| 18 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 19 chosen | aux:pass |
| 19 | chosen | choose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 favoured | conj |
| 20 | by | by | ADP | _ | 22 deity | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 deity | det |
| 22 | deity | deity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 chosen | obl |
| 23 | to | to | PART | _ | 26 means | mark |
| 24 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 26 means | cop |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 means | nsubj |
| 26 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 chosen | advcl |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 incarnation | case |
| 28 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 incarnation | nmod:poss |
| 29 | incarnation | incarnation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 means | obl |
| 30 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 come | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come about | present | for such things; about, often property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | favour | present · passive | your Majesty | beyond a doubt | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | choose | gerund · passive | the deity | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | is | to-infinitive | the | of child's incarnation; mean property | 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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