The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 2, sentence 7
And the women flocked around him like flies about honey, for their hearts were trampled to pieces, like lotuses, by the wild-elephant of his glorious youth, and their souls were intoxicated with the nectar of the beauty of his figure, and followed him about like captives chained in rows.
Who acts: women, wild elephant, Kamalamitra · What happens: flock, trample, intoxicate, follow, chain, figure · To what, where: hearts, souls, Kamalamitra, captives, rows
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 (women, wild elephant, Kamalamitra), 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 flocked | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 women | det |
| 3 | women | woman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 flocked | nsubj |
| 4 | flocked | flock | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | around | around | ADP | _ | 6 him | case |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 flocked | obl |
| 7 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 flies | case |
| 8 | flies | fly | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 flocked | obl |
| 9 | about | about | ADP | _ | 10 honey | case |
| 10 | honey | honey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 flies | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 trampled | punct |
| 12 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 16 trampled | mark |
| 13 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 hearts | nmod:poss |
| 14 | hearts | heart | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 trampled | nsubj |
| 15 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 trampled | aux:pass |
| 16 | trampled | trample | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 flocked | parataxis |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 pieces | case |
| 18 | pieces | piece | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 trampled | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 lotuses | punct |
| 20 | like | like | ADP | _ | 21 lotuses | case |
| 21 | lotuses | lotus | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 pieces | conj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 elephant | punct |
| 23 | by | by | ADP | _ | 27 elephant | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 elephant | det |
| 25 | wild | wild | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 elephant | compound |
| 26 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 25 wild | punct |
| 27 | elephant | elephant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 trampled | obl |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 youth | case |
| 29 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 youth | nmod:poss |
| 30 | glorious | glorious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 youth | amod |
| 31 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 elephant | nmod |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 intoxicated | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 intoxicated | cc |
| 34 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 souls | nmod:poss |
| 35 | souls | soul | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 intoxicated | nsubj:pass |
| 36 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 intoxicated | aux:pass |
| 37 | intoxicated | intoxicate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 trampled | conj |
| 38 | with | with | ADP | _ | 40 nectar | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 nectar | det |
| 40 | nectar | nectar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 intoxicated | obl |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 beauty | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 beauty | det |
| 43 | beauty | beauty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 nectar | nmod |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 figure | case |
| 45 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 figure | nmod:poss |
| 46 | figure | figure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 beauty | nmod |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 followed | punct |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 followed | cc |
| 49 | followed | follow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 flocked | conj |
| 50 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 followed | obj |
| 51 | about | about | ADV | _ | 49 followed | advmod |
| 52 | like | like | ADP | _ | 53 captives | case |
| 53 | captives | captive | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 followed | obl |
| 54 | chained | chain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 53 captives | acl |
| 55 | in | in | ADP | _ | 56 rows | case |
| 56 | rows | row | NOUN | Number=Plur | 54 chained | obl |
| 57 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 flocked | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flock | past | the women | around Kamalamitra; like flies about honey | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | trample | past · passive | the wild elephant of Kamalamitra's glorious youth | women's hearts | to pieces and lotuses | tree rules | |||
| 3 | intoxicate | past · passive | women's souls | with the nectar of the beauty of Kamalamitra's figure | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | follow | past | the women not said here | Kamalamitra | like captives; about property | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | |||
| 5 | chain | participle | captives not said here | rows | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 6 | figure | Kamalamitra | nom figure «communication 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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