The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 2, sentence 48
Then instantly, without hesitation, he went up to the criers, and said to them: Cease your crying, and take me to the King, for I have seen that Lotus Land.
Who acts: father, I, your · What happens: go up, say, cease, take, see, cry · To what, where: criers, crying, me, King, Lotus Land · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (father, I, your), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 2 instantly | advmod |
| 2 | instantly | instantly | ADV | _ | 8 went | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 instantly | punct |
| 4 | without | without | ADP | _ | 5 hesitation | case |
| 5 | hesitation | hesitation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 went | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 hesitation | punct |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 went | nsubj |
| 8 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | up | up | ADP | _ | 8 went | compound:prt |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 criers | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 criers | det |
| 12 | criers | crier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 went | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 said | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 said | cc |
| 15 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 went | conj |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 them | case |
| 17 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 said | obl |
| 18 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 19 Cease | punct |
| 19 | Cease | cease | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 said | ccomp |
| 20 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 crying | nmod:poss |
| 21 | crying | crying | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 Cease | obj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 take | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 take | cc |
| 24 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 Cease | conj |
| 25 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 24 take | obj |
| 26 | to | to | ADP | _ | 28 King | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 King | det |
| 28 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 take | obl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 seen | punct |
| 30 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 33 seen | mark |
| 31 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 33 seen | nsubj |
| 32 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 33 seen | aux |
| 33 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 24 take | advcl |
| 34 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 36 Land | mark |
| 35 | Lotus | Lotus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 Land | compound |
| 36 | Land | Land | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 seen | obl |
| 37 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go up | past | father | then | without hesitation; to the criers; instantly property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | father not said here | criers = crier | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to they=Experiencer clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | cease | infinitive | your crying | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality crying=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | take | infinitive | me | the King | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme to king=Destination | ||||
| 5 | see | present · perfect | I | Lotus Land | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 6 | cry | your | nom crying «act 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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