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The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 1, sentence 19

Then time passed away, and the years with the seasons followed each other like caravans over the desert, and old age and grey hair came and took up their dwelling at the wrinkled root of the King's ear.

Who acts: years, old age, age · What happens: pass away, follow, come, take up, dwell, wrinkle · To what, where: each, desert, wrinkled root

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 (years, old age, age), 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

advmodobl:unmarkedadvmodpunctccdetnsubjcasedetnmodconjobjfixedcaseoblcasedetoblpunctccamodnsubjccamodconjparataxisccconjcompound:prtnsubjadvclcasedetamodoblcasedetnmod:posscasenmodpunctrootThenADVtimeNOUNpassedVERBawayADV,PUNCTandCCONJtheDETyearsNOUNwithADPtheDETseasonsNOUNfollowedVERBeachDETotherADJlikeADPcaravansNOUNoverADPtheDETdesertNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJoldADJageNOUNandCCONJgreyADJhairNOUNcameVERBandCCONJtookVERBupADPtheirPRONdwellingVERBatADPtheDETwrinkledVERBrootNOUNofADPtheDETKingPROPN'sPARTearNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThenthenADVPronType=Dem3 passedadvmod
2timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing3 passedobl:unmarked
3passedpassVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
4awayawayADV_3 passedadvmod
5,,PUNCT_12 followedpunct
6andandCCONJ_12 followedcc
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 yearsdet
8yearsyearNOUNNumber=Plur12 followednsubj
9withwithADP_11 seasonscase
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 seasonsdet
11seasonsseasonNOUNNumber=Plur8 yearsnmod
12followedfollowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 passedconj
13eacheachDETExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp12 followedobj
14otherotherADJDegree=Pos13 eachfixed
15likelikeADP_16 caravanscase
16caravanscaravanNOUNNumber=Plur12 followedobl
17overoverADP_19 desertcase
18thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art19 desertdet
19desertdesertNOUNNumber=Sing12 followedobl
20,,PUNCT_27 camepunct
21andandCCONJ_27 camecc
22oldoldADJDegree=Pos23 ageamod
23ageageNOUNNumber=Sing27 camensubj
24andandCCONJ_26 haircc
25greygreyADJDegree=Pos26 hairamod
26hairhairNOUNNumber=Sing23 ageconj
27camecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 passedparataxis
28andandCCONJ_29 tookcc
29tooktakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin27 cameconj
30upupADP_29 tookcompound:prt
31theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs32 dwellingnsubj
32dwellingdwellVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part29 tookadvcl
33atatADP_36 rootcase
34thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art36 rootdet
35wrinkledwrinkleVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass36 rootamod
36rootrootNOUNNumber=Sing32 dwellingobl
37ofofADP_41 earcase
38thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art39 Kingdet
39KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing41 earnmod:poss
40's'sPART_39 Kingcase
41earearNOUNNumber=Sing36 rootnmod
42..PUNCT_3 passedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1pass awayparticiplethen; timeaway propertyvn die-42.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2followpastthe years with the seasonseachthe desertlike caravansvn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent each=Theme over desert=Trajectory
3comepastold age and grey hairvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4take uppastold age and grey hair not said herevn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5dwellgerundagethe wrinkled root of the King's earvn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at root=Location
6wrinkleparticiplevn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=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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