The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 2, sentence 23
Then his father flew into a rage, and summoned his guards, and threw the prince[4] into prison, saying to himself: He shall stay there, with his dream to keep him company, till he learns to obey.
Who acts: father, Umra · What happens: fly, summon, throw, say, stay, keep · To what, where: rage, guards, prince, prison, Umra · 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 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (father, Umra), 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 | 4 flew | advmod |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 father | nmod:poss |
| 3 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 flew | nsubj |
| 4 | flew | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 rage | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 rage | det |
| 7 | rage | rage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 flew | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 summoned | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 summoned | cc |
| 10 | summoned | summon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 flew | conj |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 guards | nmod:poss |
| 12 | guards | guard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 summoned | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 threw | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 threw | cc |
| 15 | threw | throw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 flew | conj |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 prince | det |
| 17 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 threw | obj |
| 18 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 19 4 | punct |
| 19 | 4 | 4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 17 prince | appos |
| 20 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 19 4 | punct |
| 21 | into | into | ADP | _ | 22 prison | case |
| 22 | prison | prison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 threw | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 saying | punct |
| 24 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 15 threw | advcl |
| 25 | to | to | ADP | _ | 26 himself | case |
| 26 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 24 saying | obl |
| 27 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 30 stay | punct |
| 28 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 stay | nsubj |
| 29 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 30 stay | aux |
| 30 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 flew | conj |
| 31 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 30 stay | advmod |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 dream | punct |
| 33 | with | with | ADP | _ | 35 dream | case |
| 34 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 dream | nmod:poss |
| 35 | dream | dream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 stay | obl |
| 36 | to | to | PART | _ | 37 keep | mark |
| 37 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 stay | advcl |
| 38 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 keep | obj |
| 39 | company | company | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 keep | obj |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 learns | punct |
| 41 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 43 learns | mark |
| 42 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 learns | nsubj |
| 43 | learns | learn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 30 stay | conj |
| 44 | to | to | PART | _ | 45 obey | mark |
| 45 | obey | obey | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 43 learns | xcomp |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 flew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fly | past | Umra's father | then | into a rage result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into rage=Result | |||
| 2 | summon | past | Umra's father not said here | Umra's guards | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guard=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | throw | past | Umra's father not said here | the prince | into prison result | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer prince=Theme into prison=Result | |||
| 4 | say speech: assert | gerund | Umra's father not said here | Umra | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient | ||||
| 5 | stay | shall | father | there | with Umra's dream | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with dream=Location | |||
| 6 | keep | to-infinitive | father not said here | Umra | company obj | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent he=Theme company=Attribute | |||
| 7 | learn | present | Umra | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 8 | obey | to-infinitive | Umra not said here | vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 9 | dream | Umra | nom dream «cognition 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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