The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 1, sentence 63
But now, either abandon my marriage, or if you can, find me a man who has seen the Land of the Lotus of the Sun, of caste becoming a king's daughter, and he shall be my husband.
Who acts: you, man, caste, King, my · What happens: abandon, find, see, become, be, marry · To what, where: marriage, me, Land, daughter, husband
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 (you, man, caste, King), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 5 abandon | cc |
| 2 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 abandon | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 abandon | punct |
| 4 | either | either | CCONJ | _ | 5 abandon | cc:preconj |
| 5 | abandon | abandon | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 marriage | nmod:poss |
| 7 | marriage | marriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 abandon | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 find | punct |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 14 find | cc |
| 10 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 12 can | mark |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 12 can | nsubj |
| 12 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 find | aux |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 can | punct |
| 14 | find | find | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 5 abandon | conj |
| 15 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 find | obj |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 man | det |
| 17 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 find | obj |
| 18 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 20 seen | nsubj |
| 19 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 seen | aux |
| 20 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 17 man | acl:relcl |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 Land | det |
| 22 | Land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 seen | obj |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 Lotus | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 Lotus | det |
| 25 | Lotus | Lotus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 Land | nmod |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 Sun | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 Sun | det |
| 28 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 Lotus | nmod |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 caste | punct |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 caste | case |
| 31 | caste | caste | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 seen | conj |
| 32 | becoming | become | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 31 caste | acl |
| 33 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 34 king | det |
| 34 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 35 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 34 king | case |
| 36 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 becoming | xcomp |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 husband | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 husband | cc |
| 39 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 husband | nsubj |
| 40 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 43 husband | aux |
| 41 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 43 husband | cop |
| 42 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 husband | nmod:poss |
| 43 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 abandon | obl |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 abandon | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | abandon | imperative | you not said here | my marriage | now | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme marriage=Source | |||
| 2 | find | can | you not said here | me | a man obj | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent i=Theme man=Attribute | |||
| 3 | see | present · perfect | a man | the Land of the Lotus of the Sun | caste conj | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer land=Stimulus | |||
| 4 | become | gerund | caste not said here | a king's daughter | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 5 | is a | shall | King | my husband | my nmod:poss | tree rules | |||
| 6 | marry | my | nom marriage «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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