The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 2, sentence 35
And he listened, and heard the criers crying: _Whatsoever high-caste man has been to the Land of the Lotus of the Sun, let him come to the King: he shall share the King's kingdom, and marry the King's daughter_.
Who acts: Durgá, criers, caste man · What happens: listen, hear, cry, be, let, come · To what, where: criers, Durgá, kingdom, daughter
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 (Durgá, criers, caste man), 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 listened | cc |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 listened | nsubj |
| 3 | listened | listen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 heard | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 heard | cc |
| 6 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 listened | conj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 criers | det |
| 8 | criers | crier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 heard | obj |
| 9 | crying | cry | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 criers | acl |
| 10 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 21 Land | punct |
| 11 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 21 Land | punct |
| 12 | Whatsoever | whatsoever | ADV | _ | 15 caste | advmod |
| 13 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 caste | amod |
| 14 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 13 high | punct |
| 15 | caste | caste | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 man | compound |
| 16 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 Land | nsubj |
| 17 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 Land | aux |
| 18 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 21 Land | cop |
| 19 | to | to | ADP | _ | 21 Land | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 Land | det |
| 21 | Land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 listened | obl |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 Lotus | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 Lotus | det |
| 24 | Lotus | Lotus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 Land | nmod |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 Sun | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 Sun | det |
| 27 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 Lotus | nmod |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 let | punct |
| 29 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 Land | conj |
| 30 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 let | obj |
| 31 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 let | xcomp |
| 32 | to | to | ADP | _ | 34 King | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 King | det |
| 34 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 come | obl |
| 35 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 38 share | punct |
| 36 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 share | nsubj |
| 37 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 38 share | aux |
| 38 | share | share | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 listened | parataxis |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 King | det |
| 40 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 kingdom | nmod:poss |
| 41 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 40 King | case |
| 42 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 share | obj |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 marry | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 marry | cc |
| 45 | marry | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 38 share | conj |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 King | det |
| 47 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 49 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 48 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 47 King | case |
| 49 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 marry | obj |
| 50 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 38 share | punct |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 listened | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | listen | past | Durgá | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | hear | past | Durgá not said here | the criers | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer crier=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | cry speech: express | gerund | the criers not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | is | present · perfect | caste man | to the Land; of the Lotus of the Sun | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | let | infinitive | caste man not said here | Durgá | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | come | infinitive | Durgá not said here | to the King | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to king=Initial_Location | ||||
| 7 | share | shall | Durgá | the King's kingdom | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | marry | infinitive | Durgá not said here | the King's daughter | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient |
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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