The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 2, sentence 52
And the news ran through the city like fire in a dry wood: There has been found a man who has seen the Land of the Lotus of the Sun. And a vast crowd of people ran from every street, and pressed around him, and accompanied him to the palace, and stood before it, tossing like the sea, while the guards took him in to the King.
Who acts: news, man, people, guards · What happens: run, find, see, press, accompany, stand · To what, where: city, man, Land, vast crowd, street, news
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 (news, man, people, guards), 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 | _ | 4 ran | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 news | det |
| 3 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ran | nsubj |
| 4 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | through | through | ADP | _ | 7 city | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 city | det |
| 7 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ran | obl |
| 8 | like | like | ADP | _ | 9 fire | case |
| 9 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 city | nmod |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 wood | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 wood | det |
| 12 | dry | dry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 wood | amod |
| 13 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ran | obl |
| 14 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 18 found | punct |
| 15 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 18 found | expl |
| 16 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 found | aux |
| 17 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 18 found | aux:pass |
| 18 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 ran | parataxis |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 man | det |
| 20 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 found | obj |
| 21 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 23 seen | nsubj |
| 22 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 seen | aux |
| 23 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 20 man | acl:relcl |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 Land | det |
| 25 | Land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 seen | obj |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 Lotus | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 Lotus | det |
| 28 | Lotus | Lotus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 Land | nmod |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 Sun. | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 Sun. | det |
| 31 | Sun. | Sunday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 Lotus | nmod |
| 32 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 crowd | cc |
| 33 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 35 crowd | det |
| 34 | vast | vast | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 crowd | amod |
| 35 | crowd | crowd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 Land | conj |
| 36 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 38 ran | mark |
| 37 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 ran | nsubj |
| 38 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 crowd | acl:relcl |
| 39 | from | from | ADP | _ | 41 street | case |
| 40 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 41 street | det |
| 41 | street | street | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 ran | obl |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 pressed | punct |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 pressed | cc |
| 44 | pressed | press | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 found | conj |
| 45 | around | around | ADP | _ | 46 him | case |
| 46 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 pressed | obl |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 accompanied | punct |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 accompanied | cc |
| 49 | accompanied | accompany | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 ran | conj |
| 50 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 accompanied | obj |
| 51 | to | to | ADP | _ | 53 palace | case |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 palace | det |
| 53 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 accompanied | obl |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 stood | punct |
| 55 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 56 stood | cc |
| 56 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 ran | conj |
| 57 | before | before | ADP | _ | 58 it | case |
| 58 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 56 stood | obl |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 tossing | punct |
| 60 | tossing | toss | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 56 stood | advcl |
| 61 | like | like | ADP | _ | 63 sea | case |
| 62 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 63 sea | det |
| 63 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 tossing | obl |
| 64 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 68 took | punct |
| 65 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 68 took | mark |
| 66 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 67 guards | det |
| 67 | guards | guard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 68 took | nsubj |
| 68 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 56 stood | conj |
| 69 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 68 took | obj |
| 70 | in | in | ADV | _ | 68 took | advmod |
| 71 | to | to | ADP | _ | 73 King | case |
| 72 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 73 King | det |
| 73 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 68 took | obl |
| 74 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 ran | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | past | the news | the city like fire | in a dry wood | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through city=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | find | present · perfect · passive | a man | there | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: man=Topic | ||||
| 3 | see | present · perfect | a man | the Land of the Lotus of the Sun. and a vast crowd | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer land=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | run | past | people | a vast crowd not said here | every street | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent crowd=Theme from street=Trajectory | |||
| 5 | press | participle | around news | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent around he=Trajectory | |||||
| 6 | accompany | past | the news not said here | news | the palace | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to palace=Destination | |||
| 7 | stand | past | the news not said here | palace | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before it=Location | ||||
| 8 | toss | gerund | the news not said here | like the sea | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 9 | take | past | the guards | news | the King | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to king=Destination |
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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