The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 2, sentence 71
And he reeled under the blow of her glances, which struck him mercilessly like a club, and time and space fled from his soul, which was filled with colour, and tears, and laughter and pain, and he gasped for breath.
Who acts: Umra, glances, time, lion · What happens: reel, strike, flee, fill, gasp, blow · To what, where: blow, Umra, tears, soul
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 (Umra, glances, time, lion), 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 reeled | cc |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 reeled | nsubj |
| 3 | reeled | reel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | under | under | ADP | _ | 6 blow | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 blow | det |
| 6 | blow | blow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 reeled | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 glances | case |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 glances | nmod:poss |
| 9 | glances | glance | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 blow | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 struck | punct |
| 11 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 struck | nsubj |
| 12 | struck | strike | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 glances | acl:relcl |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 struck | obj |
| 14 | mercilessly | mercilessly | ADV | _ | 12 struck | advmod |
| 15 | like | like | ADP | _ | 17 club | case |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 club | det |
| 17 | club | club | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 struck | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 fled | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 fled | cc |
| 20 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 fled | nsubj |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 space | cc |
| 22 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 time | conj |
| 23 | fled | flee | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 reeled | conj |
| 24 | from | from | ADP | _ | 26 soul | case |
| 25 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 soul | nmod:poss |
| 26 | soul | soul | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 fled | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 filled | punct |
| 28 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 30 filled | nsubj:pass |
| 29 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 filled | aux:pass |
| 30 | filled | fill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 26 soul | acl |
| 31 | with | with | ADP | _ | 32 colour | case |
| 32 | colour | colour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 filled | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 tears | punct |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 tears | cc |
| 35 | tears | tear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 fled | obl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 laughter | punct |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 laughter | cc |
| 38 | laughter | laughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 fled | obl |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 pain | cc |
| 40 | pain | pain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 laughter | conj |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 gasped | punct |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 gasped | cc |
| 43 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 gasped | nsubj |
| 44 | gasped | gasp | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 reeled | conj |
| 45 | for | for | ADP | _ | 46 breath | case |
| 46 | breath | breath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 gasped | obl |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 reeled | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reel | past | Umra | the blow of lion's glances | vn tingle-40.8.2 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | strike | past | lion's glances | Umra | like a club; mercilessly property | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Instrument | |||
| 3 | flee | past | time and space | tears | Umra's soul | laughter and pain obl | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from soul=Initial_Location | ||
| 4 | fill | past · passive | Umra's soul | with colour | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with colour=Instrument | ||||
| 5 | gasp | past | Umra | for breath | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for breath=Recipient | ||||
| 6 | blow | lion's glances | nom blow «act intransitive»: of=agent | ||||||
| 7 | glance | lion | nom glance «act intransitive»: 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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