The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 2, sentence 51
And they danced like peacocks at the sight of the first cloud in the rainy season, and caught him in their arms, holding him as if they were afraid he would escape, to carry him away, like a precious jewel, to the King.
Who acts: criers, father · What happens: dance, catch, hold, be, escape, carry away · To what, where: sight, father, arms, first cloud
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 (criers, father), 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 danced | cc |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 danced | nsubj |
| 3 | danced | dance | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | like | like | ADP | _ | 5 peacocks | case |
| 5 | peacocks | peacock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 danced | obl |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 sight | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 sight | det |
| 8 | sight | sight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 danced | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 cloud | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 cloud | det |
| 11 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 12 cloud | amod |
| 12 | cloud | cloud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sight | nmod |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 season | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 season | det |
| 15 | rainy | rainy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 season | amod |
| 16 | season | season | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 danced | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 caught | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 caught | cc |
| 19 | caught | catch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 danced | conj |
| 20 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 caught | obj |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 arms | case |
| 22 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 arms | nmod:poss |
| 23 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 caught | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 holding | punct |
| 25 | holding | hold | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 19 caught | advcl |
| 26 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 holding | obj |
| 27 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 31 afraid | mark |
| 28 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 31 afraid | mark |
| 29 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 afraid | nsubj |
| 30 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 afraid | cop |
| 31 | afraid | afraid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 holding | advcl |
| 32 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 escape | nsubj |
| 33 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 34 escape | aux |
| 34 | escape | escape | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 31 afraid | ccomp |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 carry | punct |
| 36 | to | to | PART | _ | 37 carry | mark |
| 37 | carry | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 escape | conj |
| 38 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 carry | obj |
| 39 | away | away | ADV | _ | 37 carry | advmod |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 jewel | punct |
| 41 | like | like | ADP | _ | 44 jewel | case |
| 42 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 44 jewel | det |
| 43 | precious | precious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 jewel | amod |
| 44 | jewel | jewel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 escape | obl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 King | punct |
| 46 | to | to | ADP | _ | 48 King | case |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 King | det |
| 48 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 escape | obl |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 danced | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dance | past | criers = crier | the sight of the first cloud | season | like peacocks | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at sight=Location | ||
| 2 | catch | past | criers = crier not said here | father | criers's arms | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | |||
| 3 | hold | gerund | criers = crier not said here | father | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 4 | is | past | criers = crier | afraid property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | escape | would | father | like a precious jewel; to the King | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to king=Initial_Location | ||||
| 6 | carry away | to-infinitive | father not said here | father | away property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | |||
| 7 | sight | the first cloud | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=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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