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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

ccamodcaseamodnsubj:passnsubjauxadvmodcaseoblcasedetoblcasenmod:possnmodpunctccaux:passconjcompound:prtcasedetoblcaseamodnmodpunctcaseoblnsubjconjobjcasedetamodoblpunctadvclpunctcasenmod:possobjpunctappospunctpunctoblcasenmodpunctrootAndCCONJlittleADJbyADPlittleADJallDEThePRONhadAUXmeltedVERBawayADVlikeADPsnowNOUNinADPtheDETsunNOUNofADPhisPRONgenerosityNOUN,PUNCTorCCONJwasAUXswallowedVERBupADPbyADPtheDEToceanNOUNofADPgreedyADJgamblersNOUN,PUNCTamongADPwhomPRONhePRONscatteredVERBitPRONwithADPanDETopenADJhandNOUN,PUNCTaskingVERB,PUNCTlikeADPhisPRONancestorNOUN[PUNCT5NUM]PUNCT,PUNCTnothingPRONinADPreturnNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AndandCCONJ_8 meltedcc
2littlelittleADJDegree=Pos5 allamod
3bybyADP_5 allcase
4littlelittleADJDegree=Pos5 allamod
5allallDETPronType=Tot8 meltednsubj:pass
6hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 meltednsubj
7hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 meltedaux
8meltedmeltVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
9awayawayADV_8 meltedadvmod
10likelikeADP_11 snowcase
11snowsnowNOUNNumber=Sing8 meltedobl
12ininADP_14 suncase
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 sundet
14sunsunNOUNNumber=Sing8 meltedobl
15ofofADP_17 generositycase
16hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs17 generositynmod:poss
17generositygenerosityNOUNNumber=Sing14 sunnmod
18,,PUNCT_21 swallowedpunct
19ororCCONJ_21 swallowedcc
20wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin21 swallowedaux:pass
21swallowedswallowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass8 meltedconj
22upupADP_21 swallowedcompound:prt
23bybyADP_25 oceancase
24thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art25 oceandet
25oceanoceanNOUNNumber=Sing21 swallowedobl
26ofofADP_28 gamblerscase
27greedygreedyADJDegree=Pos28 gamblersamod
28gamblersgamblerNOUNNumber=Plur25 oceannmod
29,,PUNCT_33 scatteredpunct
30amongamongADP_31 whomcase
31whomwhomPRONPronType=Rel33 scatteredobl
32hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs33 scatterednsubj
33scatteredscatterVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin21 swallowedconj
34ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs33 scatteredobj
35withwithADP_38 handcase
36anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art38 handdet
37openopenADJDegree=Pos38 handamod
38handhandNOUNNumber=Sing33 scatteredobl
39,,PUNCT_40 askingpunct
40askingaskVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part33 scatteredadvcl
41,,PUNCT_44 ancestorpunct
42likelikeADP_44 ancestorcase
43hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs44 ancestornmod:poss
44ancestorancestorNOUNNumber=Sing40 askingobj
45[[PUNCT_46 5punct
4655NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card44 ancestorappos
47]]PUNCT_46 5punct
48,,PUNCT_49 nothingpunct
49nothingnothingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg40 askingobl
50ininADP_51 returncase
51returnreturnNOUNNumber=Sing49 nothingnmod
52..PUNCT_8 meltedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1melt awaypast · perfect · passiveallthe sun of Umra's generositylike snow; Umra nsubj; away propertyvn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result
2swallow uppast · passivethe ocean of greedy gamblersvn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3scatterpastUmraoceanwith a open hand; whom oblvn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme among whom=Destination
4ask speech: askgerundUmra not said hereUmra's ancestornothing in return oblvn 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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