The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 2, sentence 81

And he said: Lady, I went I know not how, and wandered I know not how long, among wastes and deserts and mountains I know not how high, till I came to a land I know not where, called the Land of the Lotus of the Sun, I know not why[7].

Who acts: Umra, I · What happens: say, go, not know, wander, be, come · To what, where: land · 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 (Umra, I), 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 said	cc
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 Lady	punct
5	Lady	Lady	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 went	punct
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 went	nsubj
8	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	conj
9	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 know	nsubj
10	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 went	ccomp
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 know	advmod
12	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	10 know	ccomp
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 wandered	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 wandered	cc
15	wandered	wander	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	conj
16	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	17 know	nsubj
17	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 wandered	ccomp
18	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 know	advmod
19	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	20 long	advmod
20	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	17 know	advmod
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 wastes	punct
22	among	among	ADP	_	23 wastes	case
23	wastes	waste	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 wandered	obl
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 deserts	cc
25	deserts	desert	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 wastes	conj
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 mountains	cc
27	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 wastes	conj
28	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	32 high	nsubj
29	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	32 high	cop
30	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	29 know	advmod
31	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	32 high	advmod
32	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 wastes	acl:relcl
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 came	punct
34	till	till	SCONJ	_	36 came	mark
35	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	36 came	nsubj
36	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 wandered	conj
37	to	to	ADP	_	39 land	case
38	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	39 land	det
39	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 came	obl
40	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	41 know	nsubj
41	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	39 land	acl:relcl
42	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	41 know	advmod
43	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	41 know	ccomp
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 called	punct
45	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	36 came	advcl
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 Land	det
47	Land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 called	xcomp
48	of	of	ADP	_	50 Lotus	case
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 Lotus	det
50	Lotus	Lotus	PROPN	Number=Sing	47 Land	nmod
51	of	of	ADP	_	53 Sun	case
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 Sun	det
53	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	50 Lotus	nmod
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 know	punct
55	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	56 know	nsubj
56	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 said	ccomp
57	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	56 know	advmod
58	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	56 know	ccomp
59	[	[	PUNCT	_	60 7	punct
60	7	7	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	58 why	appos
61	]	]	PUNCT	_	60 7	punct
62	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Umra			Lady nsubj	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	go	past	I				vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	not know	present	I				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	wander	past	Umra not said here			among wastes and deserts and mountains	tree rules
5	not know	present	I			long property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
6	is	present	I			high property	tree rules
7	come	past	I		a land		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to land=Initial_Location
8	not know	present	I	a land not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer land=Stimulus
9	call	participle	I not said here	the Land of the Lotus of the Sun			vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
10	not know	present	I				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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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The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 2, sentence 81