The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 2, sentence 28
And little by little all he had melted away like snow in the sun of his generosity, or was swallowed up by the ocean of greedy gamblers, among whom he scattered it with an open hand, asking, like his ancestor[5], nothing in return.
Who acts: ocean, Umra · What happens: melt away, swallow up, scatter, ask · To what, where: all, sun, ocean, ancestor
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 (ocean, 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 | _ | 8 melted | cc |
| 2 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 all | amod |
| 3 | by | by | ADP | _ | 5 all | case |
| 4 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 all | amod |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 melted | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 melted | nsubj |
| 7 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 melted | aux |
| 8 | melted | melt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | away | away | ADV | _ | 8 melted | advmod |
| 10 | like | like | ADP | _ | 11 snow | case |
| 11 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 melted | obl |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 sun | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 sun | det |
| 14 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 melted | obl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 generosity | case |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 generosity | nmod:poss |
| 17 | generosity | generosity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 sun | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 swallowed | punct |
| 19 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 21 swallowed | cc |
| 20 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 swallowed | aux:pass |
| 21 | swallowed | swallow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 melted | conj |
| 22 | up | up | ADP | _ | 21 swallowed | compound:prt |
| 23 | by | by | ADP | _ | 25 ocean | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 ocean | det |
| 25 | ocean | ocean | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 swallowed | obl |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 gamblers | case |
| 27 | greedy | greedy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 gamblers | amod |
| 28 | gamblers | gambler | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 ocean | nmod |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 scattered | punct |
| 30 | among | among | ADP | _ | 31 whom | case |
| 31 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 33 scattered | obl |
| 32 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 scattered | nsubj |
| 33 | scattered | scatter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 swallowed | conj |
| 34 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 scattered | obj |
| 35 | with | with | ADP | _ | 38 hand | case |
| 36 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 38 hand | det |
| 37 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 hand | amod |
| 38 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 scattered | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 asking | punct |
| 40 | asking | ask | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 33 scattered | advcl |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 ancestor | punct |
| 42 | like | like | ADP | _ | 44 ancestor | case |
| 43 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 ancestor | nmod:poss |
| 44 | ancestor | ancestor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 asking | obj |
| 45 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 46 5 | punct |
| 46 | 5 | 5 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 44 ancestor | appos |
| 47 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 46 5 | punct |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 nothing | punct |
| 49 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 40 asking | obl |
| 50 | in | in | ADP | _ | 51 return | case |
| 51 | return | return | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 nothing | nmod |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 melted | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | melt away | past · perfect · passive | all | the sun of Umra's generosity | like snow; Umra nsubj; away property | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result | |||
| 2 | swallow up | past · passive | the ocean of greedy gamblers | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | scatter | past | Umra | ocean | with a open hand; whom obl | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme among whom=Destination | |||
| 4 | ask speech: ask | gerund | Umra not said here | Umra's ancestor | nothing in return obl | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent ancestor=Recipient |
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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