The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 2, sentence 68
And she stood, gazing at him in silence, with eyes that looked at him but did not see him, like those of one that listens to the tones of a long-forgotten voice, sounding in the hall of memory, and awakening longing and fond regret.
Who acts: lion, eyes · What happens: stand, gaze, look, not see, listen, forget · To what, where: silence, King, hall, longing, long forgotten voice
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 (lion, eyes), 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 stood | cc |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 stood | nsubj |
| 3 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 gazing | punct |
| 5 | gazing | gaze | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 stood | advcl |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 him | case |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 gazing | obl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 silence | case |
| 9 | silence | silence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gazing | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 eyes | punct |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 eyes | case |
| 12 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 gazing | obl |
| 13 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 looked | nsubj |
| 14 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 eyes | acl:relcl |
| 15 | at | at | ADP | _ | 16 him | case |
| 16 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 looked | obl |
| 17 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 20 see | cc |
| 18 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 see | aux |
| 19 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 20 see | advmod |
| 20 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 stood | conj |
| 21 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 see | obj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 one | punct |
| 23 | like | like | ADP | _ | 24 those | case |
| 24 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 26 one | obl |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 one | case |
| 26 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 20 see | ccomp |
| 27 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 28 listens | nsubj |
| 28 | listens | listen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 one | acl:relcl |
| 29 | to | to | ADP | _ | 31 tones | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 tones | det |
| 31 | tones | tone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 listens | obl |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 voice | case |
| 33 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 37 voice | det |
| 34 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 voice | amod |
| 35 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 34 long | punct |
| 36 | forgotten | forget | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 37 voice | amod |
| 37 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 tones | nmod |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 sounding | punct |
| 39 | sounding | sound | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 28 listens | advcl |
| 40 | in | in | ADP | _ | 42 hall | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 hall | det |
| 42 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 sounding | obl |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 44 memory | case |
| 44 | memory | memory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 hall | nmod |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 awakening | punct |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 awakening | cc |
| 47 | awakening | awaken | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 stood | advcl |
| 48 | longing | longing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 awakening | obj |
| 49 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 regret | cc |
| 50 | fond | fond | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 regret | amod |
| 51 | regret | regret | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 longing | conj |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 stood | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | past | lion | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | gaze | gerund | lion not said here | silence | at King; with eyes | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at he=Theme | |||
| 3 | look | past | eyes | at King | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at he=Theme | ||||
| 4 | not see | past · do-support | lion not said here | King | one like those ccomp | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | |||
| 5 | listen | present | to the tones of a long forgotten voice | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to tone=Theme | |||||
| 6 | forget | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 7 | sound | gerund | the hall of memory | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hall=Location | |||||
| 8 | awaken | gerund | lion not said here | longing and fond regret | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location longing=Theme | ||||
| 9 | intonate | a long forgotten voice | nom tone «communication 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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