The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 2, sentence 98
But this is so certain to be a stumbling-block in an English mouth, that I have spelt it as it would be pronounced by a Hindoo.
Who acts: this, I, Hindoo · What happens: be, spelt, pronounce · To what, where: stumbling block, English mouth, mouth
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 (this, I, Hindoo), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 5 certain | cc |
| 2 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 certain | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 certain | cop |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 certain | advmod |
| 5 | certain | certain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 block | mark |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 block | cop |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 block | det |
| 9 | stumbling | stumbling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 block | compound |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 stumbling | punct |
| 11 | block | block | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 certain | advcl |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 mouth | case |
| 13 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 mouth | det |
| 14 | English | English | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 mouth | amod |
| 15 | mouth | mouth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 block | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 spelt | punct |
| 17 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 20 spelt | mark |
| 18 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 20 spelt | nsubj |
| 19 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 spelt | aux |
| 20 | spelt | spelt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 certain | advcl |
| 21 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 spelt | obj |
| 22 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 26 pronounced | mark |
| 23 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 pronounced | nsubj:pass |
| 24 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 26 pronounced | aux |
| 25 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 26 pronounced | aux:pass |
| 26 | pronounced | pronounce | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 spelt | advcl |
| 27 | by | by | ADP | _ | 29 Hindoo | case |
| 28 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 29 Hindoo | det |
| 29 | Hindoo | Hindoo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 pronounced | obl |
| 30 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 certain | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | this | certain property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | to-infinitive | this not said here | a stumbling block | a English mouth | tree rules | |||
| 3 | spelt | present · perfect | I | mouth | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | pronounce | would · passive | a Hindoo | mouth | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
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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