The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 1, sentence 86
[7] A pretty term employed by ladies in addressing their lords: 'son of an _arya_, a gentleman.'
What happens: employ, address · To what, where: pretty term, lords
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: 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 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 2 7 | punct |
| 2 | 7 | 7 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 term | nsubj |
| 3 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 2 7 | punct |
| 4 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 term | det |
| 5 | pretty | pretty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 term | amod |
| 6 | term | term | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | employed | employ | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 term | acl |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 ladies | case |
| 9 | ladies | lady | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 employed | obl |
| 10 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 11 addressing | mark |
| 11 | addressing | address | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 employed | advcl |
| 12 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 lords | nmod:poss |
| 13 | lords | lord | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 addressing | obj |
| 14 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 16 son | punct |
| 15 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 16 son | punct |
| 16 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 term | appos |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 arya | case |
| 18 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 arya | det |
| 19 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 20 arya | punct |
| 20 | arya | Arya | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 son | nmod |
| 21 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 16 son | punct |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 gentleman | punct |
| 23 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 gentleman | det |
| 24 | gentleman | gentleman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 term | parataxis |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 24 gentleman | punct |
| 26 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 24 gentleman | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | employ | participle | a pretty term a gentleman not said here | by ladies | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | address | gerund | ladies's lords | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lord=Destination |
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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