The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 1, sentence 33
And like a child she smiled at her father[9] with parted lips and half-shut eyes, casting before her through the net of their lashes the magical charm of the colour of a wet lotus: and her girdle jingled as if with joy, while the flashing jewels with which she was covered all over changed colour, as if with envy at being outshone by the play[10] of her eyes.
Who acts: Shrí, girdle, play, eyes · What happens: smile, part, cast, jingle, cover, change · To what, where: net, flashing jewels, Shrí, envy
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, girdle, play, eyes), 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 | _ | 6 smiled | cc |
| 2 | like | like | ADP | _ | 4 child | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 child | det |
| 4 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 smiled | obl |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 smiled | nsubj |
| 6 | smiled | smile | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 father | case |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 father | nmod:poss |
| 9 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 smiled | obl |
| 10 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 11 9 | punct |
| 11 | 9 | 9 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 father | appos |
| 12 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 11 9 | punct |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 lips | case |
| 14 | parted | part | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 lips | amod |
| 15 | lips | lip | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 smiled | obl |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 eyes | cc |
| 17 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 19 shut | compound |
| 18 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 17 half | punct |
| 19 | shut | shut | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 eyes | amod |
| 20 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 lips | conj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 casting | punct |
| 22 | casting | cast | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 smiled | advcl |
| 23 | before | before | ADP | _ | 24 her | case |
| 24 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 casting | obl |
| 25 | through | through | ADP | _ | 27 net | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 net | det |
| 27 | net | net | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 casting | obl |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 lashes | case |
| 29 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 lashes | nmod:poss |
| 30 | lashes | lash | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 net | nmod |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 charm | det |
| 32 | magical | magical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 charm | amod |
| 33 | charm | charm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 lashes | appos |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 colour | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 colour | det |
| 36 | colour | colour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 charm | nmod |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 lotus | case |
| 38 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 40 lotus | det |
| 39 | wet | wet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 lotus | amod |
| 40 | lotus | lotus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 colour | nmod |
| 41 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 45 jingled | punct |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 jingled | cc |
| 43 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 girdle | nmod:poss |
| 44 | girdle | girdle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 jingled | nsubj |
| 45 | jingled | jingle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 smiled | conj |
| 46 | as | as | ADP | _ | 49 joy | case |
| 47 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 49 joy | mark |
| 48 | with | with | ADP | _ | 49 joy | case |
| 49 | joy | joy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 jingled | obl |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 jewels | punct |
| 51 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 54 jewels | mark |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 jewels | det |
| 53 | flashing | flashing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 jewels | compound |
| 54 | jewels | jewel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 45 jingled | obl |
| 55 | with | with | ADP | _ | 56 which | case |
| 56 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 59 covered | obl |
| 57 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 59 covered | nsubj:pass |
| 58 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 59 covered | aux:pass |
| 59 | covered | cover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 54 jewels | acl:relcl |
| 60 | all | all | ADV | _ | 61 over | advmod |
| 61 | over | over | ADV | _ | 62 changed | advmod |
| 62 | changed | change | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 63 colour | amod |
| 63 | colour | colour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 covered | obj |
| 64 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 68 envy | punct |
| 65 | as | as | ADP | _ | 68 envy | case |
| 66 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 68 envy | mark |
| 67 | with | with | ADP | _ | 68 envy | case |
| 68 | envy | envy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 jingled | parataxis |
| 69 | at | at | SCONJ | _ | 71 outshone | mark |
| 70 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 71 outshone | aux:pass |
| 71 | outshone | outshine | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 68 envy | acl |
| 72 | by | by | ADP | _ | 74 play | case |
| 73 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 74 play | det |
| 74 | play | play | NOUN | Number=Sing | 71 outshone | obl |
| 75 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 76 10 | punct |
| 76 | 10 | 10 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 74 play | appos |
| 77 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 76 10 | punct |
| 78 | of | of | ADP | _ | 80 eyes | case |
| 79 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 80 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 80 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 74 play | nmod |
| 81 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 smiled | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | smile | past | Shrí | like a child; at Shrí's father; with parted lips and shut eyes | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | part | participle | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 3 | cast | gerund | Shrí not said here | the net of eyes's lashes | before Shrí | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent before she=Destination | |||
| 4 | jingle | past | Shrí's girdle | the flashing jewels | as joy; envy parataxis | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 5 | cover | past · passive | Shrí | with the flashing jewels; changed colour obj | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | change | participle | over property | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | outshine | gerund · passive | the play of Shrí's eyes | envy not said here | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | ||||
| 8 | play | Shrí's eyes | nom play «communication intransitive»: of=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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