The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 2, sentence 27
And he dived into a disreputable quarter of that city, like a frog into a well, and remained there disgusted with life and his relations, plunging into dissipation to drown his grief, and surrounded by gamblers and outcasts, counting the whole world as a straw, supporting himself on his own courage, and his dream.
Who acts: Umra · What happens: dive, remain, disgust, plunge, drown, surround · To what, where: disreputable quarter, dissipation, grief, whole world, Umra, own courage
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 (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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 dived | cc |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 dived | nsubj |
| 3 | dived | dive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 quarter | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 quarter | det |
| 6 | disreputable | disreputable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 quarter | amod |
| 7 | quarter | quarter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dived | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 city | case |
| 9 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 city | det |
| 10 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 quarter | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 frog | punct |
| 12 | like | like | ADP | _ | 14 frog | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 frog | det |
| 14 | frog | frog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dived | obl |
| 15 | into | into | ADP | _ | 17 well | case |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 well | det |
| 17 | well | well | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dived | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 remained | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 remained | cc |
| 20 | remained | remain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 dived | conj |
| 21 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 20 remained | advmod |
| 22 | disgusted | disgust | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 remained | xcomp |
| 23 | with | with | ADP | _ | 24 life | case |
| 24 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 disgusted | obl |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 relations | cc |
| 26 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 relations | nmod:poss |
| 27 | relations | relation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 life | conj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 plunging | punct |
| 29 | plunging | plunge | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 20 remained | advcl |
| 30 | into | into | ADP | _ | 31 dissipation | case |
| 31 | dissipation | dissipation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 plunging | obl |
| 32 | to | to | PART | _ | 33 drown | mark |
| 33 | drown | drown | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 plunging | advcl |
| 34 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 grief | nmod:poss |
| 35 | grief | grief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 drown | obj |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 surrounded | punct |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 surrounded | cc |
| 38 | surrounded | surround | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 dived | parataxis |
| 39 | by | by | ADP | _ | 40 gamblers | case |
| 40 | gamblers | gambler | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 surrounded | obl:agent |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 outcasts | cc |
| 42 | outcasts | outcast | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 gamblers | conj |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 counting | punct |
| 44 | counting | count | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 38 surrounded | advcl |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 world | det |
| 46 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 world | amod |
| 47 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 counting | obj |
| 48 | as | as | ADP | _ | 50 straw | case |
| 49 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 50 straw | det |
| 50 | straw | straw | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 counting | obl |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 supporting | punct |
| 52 | supporting | support | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 44 counting | conj |
| 53 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 52 supporting | obj |
| 54 | on | on | ADP | _ | 57 courage | case |
| 55 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 57 courage | nmod:poss |
| 56 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 57 courage | amod |
| 57 | courage | courage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 supporting | obl |
| 58 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 61 dream | punct |
| 59 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 61 dream | cc |
| 60 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 61 dream | nmod:poss |
| 61 | dream | dream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dived | parataxis |
| 62 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 dived | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dive | past | Umra | a disreputable quarter of that city | like a frog; into a well; Umra's dream parataxis | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into quarter=Location | |||
| 2 | remain | past | Umra not said here | there | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | disgust | participle | Umra not said here | with life and Umra's relations | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | plunge | gerund | Umra not said here | dissipation | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into dissipation=Initial_Location | ||||
| 5 | drown | to-infinitive | Umra not said here | Umra's grief | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grief=Patient | ||||
| 6 | surround | participle | gamblers and outcasts obl:agent | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 7 | count | gerund | the whole world | as a straw | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent world=Theme as straw=Attribute | ||||
| 8 | support | gerund | Umra | Umra's own courage | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer himself=Stimulus | ||||
| 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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