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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

ccdetnsubjcaseoblcaseoblcasenmodpunctmarknmod:possnsubjaux:passparataxiscaseoblpunctcaseconjpunctcasedetcompoundpunctoblcasenmod:possamodnmodpunctccnmod:possnsubj:passaux:passconjcasedetoblcasedetnmodcasenmod:possnmodpunctccconjobjadvmodcaseoblaclcaseoblpunctrootAndCCONJtheDETwomenNOUNflockedVERBaroundADPhimPRONlikeADPfliesNOUNaboutADPhoneyNOUN,PUNCTforSCONJtheirPRONheartsNOUNwereAUXtrampledVERBtoADPpiecesNOUN,PUNCTlikeADPlotusesNOUN,PUNCTbyADPtheDETwildNOUN-PUNCTelephantNOUNofADPhisPRONgloriousADJyouthNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJtheirPRONsoulsNOUNwereAUXintoxicatedVERBwithADPtheDETnectarNOUNofADPtheDETbeautyNOUNofADPhisPRONfigureNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJfollowedVERBhimPRONaboutADVlikeADPcaptivesNOUNchainedVERBinADProwsNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AndandCCONJ_4 flockedcc
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 womendet
3womenwomanNOUNNumber=Plur4 flockednsubj
4flockedflockVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5aroundaroundADP_6 himcase
6himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 flockedobl
7likelikeADP_8 fliescase
8fliesflyNOUNNumber=Plur4 flockedobl
9aboutaboutADP_10 honeycase
10honeyhoneyNOUNNumber=Sing8 fliesnmod
11,,PUNCT_16 trampledpunct
12forforSCONJ_16 trampledmark
13theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs14 heartsnmod:poss
14heartsheartNOUNNumber=Plur16 tramplednsubj
15werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin16 trampledaux:pass
16trampledtrampleVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass4 flockedparataxis
17totoADP_18 piecescase
18piecespieceNOUNNumber=Plur16 trampledobl
19,,PUNCT_21 lotusespunct
20likelikeADP_21 lotusescase
21lotuseslotusNOUNNumber=Plur18 piecesconj
22,,PUNCT_27 elephantpunct
23bybyADP_27 elephantcase
24thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art27 elephantdet
25wildwildNOUNNumber=Sing27 elephantcompound
26--PUNCT_25 wildpunct
27elephantelephantNOUNNumber=Sing16 trampledobl
28ofofADP_31 youthcase
29hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs31 youthnmod:poss
30gloriousgloriousADJDegree=Pos31 youthamod
31youthyouthNOUNNumber=Sing27 elephantnmod
32,,PUNCT_37 intoxicatedpunct
33andandCCONJ_37 intoxicatedcc
34theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs35 soulsnmod:poss
35soulssoulNOUNNumber=Plur37 intoxicatednsubj:pass
36werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin37 intoxicatedaux:pass
37intoxicatedintoxicateVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass16 trampledconj
38withwithADP_40 nectarcase
39thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art40 nectardet
40nectarnectarNOUNNumber=Sing37 intoxicatedobl
41ofofADP_43 beautycase
42thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art43 beautydet
43beautybeautyNOUNNumber=Sing40 nectarnmod
44ofofADP_46 figurecase
45hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs46 figurenmod:poss
46figurefigureNOUNNumber=Sing43 beautynmod
47,,PUNCT_49 followedpunct
48andandCCONJ_49 followedcc
49followedfollowVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 flockedconj
50himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs49 followedobj
51aboutaboutADV_49 followedadvmod
52likelikeADP_53 captivescase
53captivescaptiveNOUNNumber=Plur49 followedobl
54chainedchainVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass53 captivesacl
55ininADP_56 rowscase
56rowsrowNOUNNumber=Plur54 chainedobl
57..PUNCT_4 flockedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1flockpastthe womenaround Kamalamitra; like flies about honeyvn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent
2tramplepast · passivethe wild elephant of Kamalamitra's glorious youthwomen's heartsto pieces and lotusestree rules
3intoxicatepast · passivewomen's soulswith the nectar of the beauty of Kamalamitra's figurevn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
4followpastthe women not said hereKamalamitralike captives; about propertyvn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
5chainparticiplecaptives not said hererowsvn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
6figureKamalamitranom 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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