The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 2, sentence 46
But if, on the contrary, I get credit, then I shall obtain, not only this far-famed daughter, for whom I care nothing, but also the resources of his kingdom; and with them I can equip an army, and go and compel my father to restore me to my position.
Who acts: I · What happens: get, obtain, fame, care, equip, go · To what, where: credit, contrary, resources, nothing, army, father
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 (I), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 15 obtain | cc |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 get | mark |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 if | punct |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 contrary | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 contrary | det |
| 6 | contrary | contrary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 get | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 contrary | punct |
| 8 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 get | nsubj |
| 9 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 obtain | advcl |
| 10 | credit | credit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 get | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 get | punct |
| 12 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 15 obtain | advmod |
| 13 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 obtain | nsubj |
| 14 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 obtain | aux |
| 15 | obtain | obtain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 daughter | punct |
| 17 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 23 daughter | advmod |
| 18 | only | only | ADV | _ | 23 daughter | advmod |
| 19 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 23 daughter | det |
| 20 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 22 famed | advmod |
| 21 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 20 far | punct |
| 22 | famed | fame | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 23 daughter | amod |
| 23 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 obtain | parataxis |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 whom | punct |
| 25 | for | for | ADP | _ | 26 whom | case |
| 26 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Int | 23 daughter | conj |
| 27 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 28 care | nsubj |
| 28 | care | care | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 whom | acl:relcl |
| 29 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 28 care | obj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 resources | punct |
| 31 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 34 resources | cc |
| 32 | also | also | ADV | _ | 34 resources | advmod |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 resources | det |
| 34 | resources | resource | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 obtain | obj |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 kingdom | case |
| 36 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 kingdom | nmod:poss |
| 37 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 resources | nmod |
| 38 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 44 equip | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 equip | cc |
| 40 | with | with | ADP | _ | 41 them | case |
| 41 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 equip | obl |
| 42 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 44 equip | nsubj |
| 43 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 44 equip | aux |
| 44 | equip | equip | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 obtain | parataxis |
| 45 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 46 army | det |
| 46 | army | army | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 equip | obj |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 go | punct |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 go | cc |
| 49 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 44 equip | conj |
| 50 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 compel | cc |
| 51 | compel | compel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 44 equip | conj |
| 52 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 53 father | nmod:poss |
| 53 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 compel | obj |
| 54 | to | to | PART | _ | 55 restore | mark |
| 55 | restore | restore | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 51 compel | advcl |
| 56 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 55 restore | obj |
| 57 | to | to | ADP | _ | 59 position | case |
| 58 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 59 position | nmod:poss |
| 59 | position | position | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 restore | obl |
| 60 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 obtain | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get a condition, not said to happen | present | I | credit | the contrary | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent credit=Theme on contrary=Source | |||
| 2 | obtain | shall | I | the resources of Land's kingdom | then | this famed daughter parataxis | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent resource=Theme | ||
| 3 | fame | participle | far property | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | care | present | I | nothing | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | equip | can | I | a army | with resources = resource | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent army=Recipient with they=Theme | |||
| 6 | go | infinitive | I not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 7 | compel | infinitive | I not said here | my father | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Patient | ||||
| 8 | restore | to-infinitive | I not said here | me | my position | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Theme to position=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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