The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 1, sentence 32
And after a while, Shrí came in, undulating as she moved like a swan[8], and swaying like a flower waving in the wind: for her waist could be grasped by the fist, and her bosom was glorious, like the swell of an ocean wave.
Who acts: Shrí, flower, fist, bosom · What happens: come in, undulate, move, sway, wave, grasp
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 (Shrí, flower, fist, bosom), 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 | _ | 7 came | cc |
| 2 | after | after | ADP | _ | 4 while | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 while | det |
| 4 | while | while | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 came | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 while | punct |
| 6 | Shrí | Shrí | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 came | nsubj |
| 7 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | in | in | ADV | _ | 7 came | advmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 undulating | punct |
| 10 | undulating | undulate | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 came | advcl |
| 11 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 13 moved | mark |
| 12 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 moved | nsubj |
| 13 | moved | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 undulating | advcl |
| 14 | like | like | ADP | _ | 16 swan | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 swan | det |
| 16 | swan | swan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 moved | obl |
| 17 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 18 8 | punct |
| 18 | 8 | 8 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 16 swan | appos |
| 19 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 18 8 | punct |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 swaying | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 swaying | cc |
| 22 | swaying | sway | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 came | advcl |
| 23 | like | like | ADP | _ | 25 flower | case |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 25 flower | det |
| 25 | flower | flower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 swaying | obl |
| 26 | waving | wave | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 25 flower | acl |
| 27 | in | in | ADP | _ | 29 wind | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 wind | det |
| 29 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 waving | obl |
| 30 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 36 grasped | punct |
| 31 | for | for | ADP | _ | 33 waist | case |
| 32 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 waist | nmod:poss |
| 33 | waist | waist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 grasped | obl |
| 34 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 36 grasped | aux |
| 35 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 36 grasped | aux:pass |
| 36 | grasped | grasp | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 came | conj |
| 37 | by | by | ADP | _ | 39 fist | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 fist | det |
| 39 | fist | fist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 grasped | obl |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 glorious | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 glorious | cc |
| 42 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 bosom | nmod:poss |
| 43 | bosom | bosom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 glorious | nsubj |
| 44 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 45 glorious | cop |
| 45 | glorious | glorious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 grasped | conj |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 swell | punct |
| 47 | like | like | ADP | _ | 49 swell | case |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 swell | det |
| 49 | swell | swell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 glorious | obl |
| 50 | of | of | ADP | _ | 53 wave | case |
| 51 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 53 wave | det |
| 52 | ocean | ocean | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 wave | compound |
| 53 | wave | wave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 swell | nmod |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 came | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come in | past | Shrí | while | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | undulate | gerund | Shrí not said here | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | move | past | Shrí | like a swan | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | sway | gerund | Shrí not said here | like a flower | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | wave | gerund | a flower not said here | in the wind | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in wind=Theme | ||||
| 6 | grasp | could · passive | the fist | for Shrí's waist | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 7 | is | past | Shrí's bosom | like the swell of a ocean wave; glorious property | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | bosom | Shrí | nom bosom «state transitive»: poss=agent |
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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