The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 1, sentence 88
[8] The old Hindoos had a special admiration and a special term (_hansagaminí_) for a woman who walked like a swan.
Who acts: old Hindoos, woman · What happens: have, walk · To what, where: 8
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 (old Hindoos, woman), 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 8 | punct |
| 2 | 8 | 8 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 had | obl |
| 3 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 2 8 | punct |
| 4 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Hindoos | det |
| 5 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 Hindoos | amod |
| 6 | Hindoos | Hindoos | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 had | nsubj |
| 7 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 admiration | det |
| 9 | special | special | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 admiration | amod |
| 10 | admiration | admiration | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 had | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 term | cc |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 term | det |
| 13 | special | special | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 term | amod |
| 14 | term | term | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 admiration | conj |
| 15 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 17 hansagaminí | punct |
| 16 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 17 hansagaminí | punct |
| 17 | hansagaminí | hansagaminí | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 term | appos |
| 18 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 17 hansagaminí | punct |
| 19 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 17 hansagaminí | punct |
| 20 | for | for | ADP | _ | 22 woman | case |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 woman | det |
| 22 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 term | nmod |
| 23 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 24 walked | nsubj |
| 24 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 woman | acl:relcl |
| 25 | like | like | ADP | _ | 27 swan | case |
| 26 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 swan | det |
| 27 | swan | swan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 walked | obl |
| 28 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 had | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | the old Hindoos | 8 | a special admiration and a special term for a woman obj | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent admiration=Patient | |||
| 2 | walk | past | a woman | like a swan | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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