The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 1, sentence 17
And taking counsel with his astrologers and Brahman sages skilled in names and their applications, he gave to his daughter the auspicious name of Shrí[4].
Who acts: King, names · What happens: take, skill, give, apply, name · To what, where: counsel, Brahman sages, names, auspicious name, daughter, Shrí
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 (King, names), 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 | _ | 2 taking | cc |
| 2 | taking | take | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 18 gave | csubj |
| 3 | counsel | counsel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 taking | obj |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 astrologers | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 astrologers | nmod:poss |
| 6 | astrologers | astrologer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 taking | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 sages | cc |
| 8 | Brahman | brahman | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 sages | amod |
| 9 | sages | sage | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 astrologers | conj |
| 10 | skilled | skill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 sages | acl |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 names | case |
| 12 | names | name | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 skilled | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 applications | cc |
| 14 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 applications | nmod:poss |
| 15 | applications | application | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 names | conj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 taking | punct |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 gave | nsubj |
| 18 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 19 | to | to | ADP | _ | 21 daughter | case |
| 20 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 21 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 gave | obl |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 name | det |
| 23 | auspicious | auspicious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 name | amod |
| 24 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 gave | obj |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 Shrí | case |
| 26 | Shrí | Shrí | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 name | nmod |
| 27 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 28 4 | punct |
| 28 | 4 | 4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 26 Shrí | appos |
| 29 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 28 4 | punct |
| 30 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 18 gave | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | gerund | counsel | with King's astrologers and Brahman sages | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent counsel=Theme | ||||
| 2 | skill | participle | Brahman sages not said here | names and names's applications | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | give | past | King | the auspicious name of Shrí | King's daughter | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Theme to daughter=Recipient | |||
| 4 | apply | names = name | nom application «act intransitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 5 | name | Shrí | nom name «communication 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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