The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 2, sentence 9
Then one day his father said to him: Come, now, I have arranged your marriage with the daughter of my most powerful enemy: so shall we become friends by the method of conciliation.
Who acts: father, I, we, your · What happens: say, come, arrange, become, marry · To what, where: Umra, marriage, friends · 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 (father, I, we, your), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 said | advmod |
| 2 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 day | nummod |
| 3 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 said | obl:unmarked |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 father | nmod:poss |
| 5 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 said | nsubj |
| 6 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 him | case |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 said | obl |
| 9 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 Come | punct |
| 10 | Come | come | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 6 said | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 now | punct |
| 12 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 10 Come | advmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 arranged | punct |
| 14 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 16 arranged | nsubj |
| 15 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 arranged | aux |
| 16 | arranged | arrange | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 10 Come | advcl |
| 17 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 marriage | nmod:poss |
| 18 | marriage | marriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 arranged | obj |
| 19 | with | with | ADP | _ | 21 daughter | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 daughter | det |
| 21 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 arranged | obl |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 enemy | case |
| 23 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 enemy | nmod:poss |
| 24 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 25 powerful | advmod |
| 25 | powerful | powerful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 enemy | amod |
| 26 | enemy | enemy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 daughter | nmod |
| 27 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 31 become | punct |
| 28 | so | so | ADV | _ | 31 become | advmod |
| 29 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 31 become | aux |
| 30 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 31 become | nsubj |
| 31 | become | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 said | conj |
| 32 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 become | xcomp |
| 33 | by | by | ADP | _ | 35 method | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 method | det |
| 35 | method | method | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 become | obl |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 conciliation | case |
| 37 | conciliation | conciliation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 method | nmod |
| 38 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Umra's father | Umra | then; day | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | |||
| 2 | come | infinitive | Umra's father not said here | now | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | arrange | present · perfect | I | your marriage | with the daughter of my powerful enemy | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent marriage=Patient with daughter=Instrument | |||
| 4 | become | shall | we | friends | by the method of conciliation | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | |||
| 5 | marry | your | nom marriage «state 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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