The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 1, sentence 75
Then he dismissed his daughter, and summoned his chamberlains, and said to them: Get criers, and send them through the city, and let them proclaim by beat of drum: That any high caste man, who has seen the Land of the Lotus of the Sun, shall share my kingdom, and marry my daughter.
Who acts: husband, criers, That, high caste man · What happens: dismiss, summon, say, get, send, let · To what, where: daughter, chamberlains, criers, city, Land, kingdom · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (husband, criers, That, high caste man), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 dismissed | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 dismissed | nsubj |
| 3 | dismissed | dismiss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 5 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dismissed | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 summoned | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 summoned | cc |
| 8 | summoned | summon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 dismissed | conj |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 chamberlains | nmod:poss |
| 10 | chamberlains | chamberlain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 summoned | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 said | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 said | cc |
| 13 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 dismissed | conj |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 them | case |
| 15 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 said | obl |
| 16 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 17 Get | punct |
| 17 | Get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 said | ccomp |
| 18 | criers | crier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 Get | obj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 send | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 send | cc |
| 21 | send | send | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 Get | conj |
| 22 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 send | obj |
| 23 | through | through | ADP | _ | 25 city | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 city | det |
| 25 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 send | obl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 let | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 let | cc |
| 28 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 Get | conj |
| 29 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 let | obj |
| 30 | proclaim | proclaim | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 let | xcomp |
| 31 | by | by | ADP | _ | 32 beat | case |
| 32 | beat | beat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 proclaim | obl |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 drum | case |
| 34 | drum | drum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 beat | nmod |
| 35 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 40 man | punct |
| 36 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 40 man | nsubj |
| 37 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 40 man | det |
| 38 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 man | amod |
| 39 | caste | caste | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 man | compound |
| 40 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dismissed | obl |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 seen | punct |
| 42 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 44 seen | nsubj |
| 43 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 44 seen | aux |
| 44 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 40 man | acl:relcl |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 Land | det |
| 46 | Land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 seen | obj |
| 47 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 Lotus | case |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 Lotus | det |
| 49 | Lotus | Lotus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 Land | nmod |
| 50 | of | of | ADP | _ | 52 Sun | case |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 Sun | det |
| 52 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 49 Lotus | nmod |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 share | punct |
| 54 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 55 share | aux |
| 55 | share | share | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 40 man | conj |
| 56 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 57 kingdom | nmod:poss |
| 57 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 share | obj |
| 58 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 marry | punct |
| 59 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 60 marry | cc |
| 60 | marry | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 dismissed | conj |
| 61 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 62 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 62 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 marry | obj |
| 63 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 dismissed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dismiss | past | husband | husband's daughter | then | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme | |||
| 2 | summon | past | husband not said here | husband's chamberlains | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chamberlain=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | husband not said here | chamberlains = chamberlain | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to they=Experiencer clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | get | infinitive | criers | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer crier=Stimulus | |||||
| 5 | send | infinitive | criers = crier | the city | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ||||
| 6 | let | infinitive | criers = crier | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | proclaim | infinitive | criers = crier not said here | by beat of drum | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 8 | man | That | tree rules | ||||||
| 9 | see | present · perfect | any high caste man | the Land of the Lotus of the Sun | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer land=Stimulus | ||||
| 10 | share | shall | That not said here | my kingdom | tree rules | ||||
| 11 | marry | infinitive | husband not said here | my daughter | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=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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