The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 1, sentence 89
[9] There is here an untranslateable play on the word kamalahása, which means both _the opening of a lotus bud_, and an _irresistible smile_.
Who acts: untranslateable play, both · What happens: be, opening
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 (untranslateable play, both), 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 9 | punct |
| 2 | 9 | 9 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 is | obl |
| 3 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 2 9 | punct |
| 4 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 5 is | expl |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 means | cop |
| 6 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 is | advmod |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 play | det |
| 8 | untranslateable | untranslateable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 play | amod |
| 9 | play | play | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 means | nsubj |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 word | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 word | det |
| 12 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 play | nmod |
| 13 | kamalahása | kamalahása | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 word | appos |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 means | punct |
| 15 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 16 means | nsubj |
| 16 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 17 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 20 opening | nsubj |
| 18 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 20 opening | punct |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 opening | det |
| 20 | opening | opening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 means | obj |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 bud | case |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 bud | det |
| 23 | lotus | lotus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 bud | compound |
| 24 | bud | bud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 opening | nmod |
| 25 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 20 opening | punct |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 smile | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 smile | cc |
| 28 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 31 smile | det |
| 29 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 31 smile | punct |
| 30 | irresistible | irresistible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 smile | amod |
| 31 | smile | smile | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 means | parataxis |
| 32 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 31 smile | punct |
| 33 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 means | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a untranslateable play on the word | which nsubj; a irresistible smile parataxis; mean property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | opening | both | of a lotus bud | tree rules |
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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