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The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 2, sentence 60

And how do you know that this man is speaking the truth, or is not, rather, some impostor, who only wishes to secure me and half your kingdom, by falsely asserting that he has seen, what in fact he never has seen.

Who acts: you, man, impostor · What happens: know, speak, not be, wish, secure, assert · To what, where: truth, impostor, kingdom, me, fact · 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 (you, man, impostor), 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

ccadvmodauxnsubjmarkdetnsubjauxccompdetobjpunctcccopadvmodpunctadvmodpunctdetoblpunctnsubjadvmodconjmarkxcompobjccdet:predetnmod:possobjpunctmarkadvmodadvclmarknsubjauxadvclpunctobjcaseoblnsubjadvmodauxconjpunctrootAndCCONJhowADVdoAUXyouPRONknowVERBthatSCONJthisDETmanNOUNisAUXspeakingVERBtheDETtruthNOUN,PUNCTorCCONJisAUXnotPART,PUNCTratherADV,PUNCTsomeDETimpostorNOUN,PUNCTwhoPRONonlyADVwishesVERBtoPARTsecureVERBmePRONandCCONJhalfDETyourPRONkingdomNOUN,PUNCTbySCONJfalselyADVassertingVERBthatSCONJhePRONhasAUXseenVERB,PUNCTwhatPRONinADPfactNOUNhePRONneverADVhasAUXseenVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AndandCCONJ_5 knowcc
2howhowADVPronType=Int5 knowadvmod
3dodoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 knowaux
4youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs5 knownsubj
5knowknowVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
6thatthatSCONJ_10 speakingmark
7thisthisDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem8 mandet
8manmanNOUNNumber=Sing10 speakingnsubj
9isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin10 speakingaux
10speakingspeakVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part5 knowccomp
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 truthdet
12truthtruthNOUNNumber=Sing10 speakingobj
13,,PUNCT_21 impostorpunct
14ororCCONJ_21 impostorcc
15isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin21 impostorcop
16notnotPARTPolarity=Neg21 impostoradvmod
17,,PUNCT_21 impostorpunct
18ratherratherADV_21 impostoradvmod
19,,PUNCT_18 ratherpunct
20somesomeDETPronType=Ind21 impostordet
21impostorimpostorNOUNNumber=Sing5 knowobl
22,,PUNCT_25 wishespunct
23whowhoPRONPronType=Rel25 wishesnsubj
24onlyonlyADV_25 wishesadvmod
25wisheswishVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin21 impostorconj
26totoPART_27 securemark
27securesecureVERBVerbForm=Inf25 wishesxcomp
28meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs27 secureobj
29andandCCONJ_30 halfcc
30halfhalfDETNumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind32 kingdomdet:predet
31youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs32 kingdomnmod:poss
32kingdomkingdomNOUNNumber=Sing27 secureobj
33,,PUNCT_36 assertingpunct
34bybySCONJ_36 assertingmark
35falselyfalselyADV_36 assertingadvmod
36assertingassertVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part27 secureadvcl
37thatthatSCONJ_40 seenmark
38hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs40 seennsubj
39hashaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin40 seenaux
40seenseeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part36 assertingadvcl
41,,PUNCT_40 seenpunct
42whatwhatPRONPronType=Int48 seenobj
43ininADP_44 factcase
44factfactNOUNNumber=Sing48 seenobl
45hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs48 seennsubj
46neverneverADVPronType=Neg48 seenadvmod
47hashaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin48 seenaux
48seenseeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part40 seenconj
49..PUNCT_5 knowpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1knowpresent · do-supportyouvn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2speak speech: otherpresent · progressivethis manthe truthtree rules
3not is apresentsome impostortree rules
4wishpresentsome impostorvn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
5secure not said to happento-infinitivesome impostor not said hereyour kingdommevn ensure-99 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Precondition i=Beneficiary kingdom=Theme
6assertgerundsome impostor not said herefalsely propertyvn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
7seepresent · perfectmanvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
8not seepresent · perfectmanfactwhat objvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus

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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