The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 3, sentence 100
Know, that the Way of Emancipation is this: There was formerly a King of the race of the Sun, and he was very old, and all his hair was as white as the uppermost peak of the Snowy mountain.
Who acts: you, Umra, hair, Sun · What happens: know, be, race · To what, where: this, King
This is a sentence of «The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth» by Unknown, A Sleep and a Dream., part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, Umra, hair, Sun), 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 | Know | know | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 Way | punct |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 5 Way | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Way | det |
| 5 | Way | Way | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Know | parataxis |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 Emancipation | case |
| 7 | Emancipation | emancipation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Way | nmod |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 this | cop |
| 9 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 Way | conj |
| 10 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 12 was | punct |
| 11 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 12 was | expl |
| 12 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Know | parataxis |
| 13 | formerly | formerly | ADV | _ | 15 King | advmod |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 King | det |
| 15 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 was | obl |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 race | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 race | det |
| 18 | race | race | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 King | nmod |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 Sun | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 Sun | det |
| 21 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 race | nmod |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 old | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 old | cc |
| 24 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 old | nsubj |
| 25 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 old | cop |
| 26 | very | very | ADV | _ | 27 old | advmod |
| 27 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Know | parataxis |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 white | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 white | cc |
| 30 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 32 hair | det:predet |
| 31 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 hair | nmod:poss |
| 32 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 white | nsubj |
| 33 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 white | cop |
| 34 | as | as | ADV | _ | 35 white | advmod |
| 35 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 old | conj |
| 36 | as | as | ADP | _ | 39 peak | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 peak | det |
| 38 | uppermost | uppermost | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 peak | amod |
| 39 | peak | peak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 white | obl |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 mountain | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 mountain | det |
| 42 | Snowy | snowy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 mountain | amod |
| 43 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 peak | nmod |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Know | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | imperative | you not said here | the Way of Emancipation parataxis | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | you not said here | this | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | be | past | a King of the race of the Sun | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | is | past | Umra | old property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | is | past | Umra's hair | as the uppermost peak of the Snowy mountain; white property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | race | the Sun | nom race «event intransitive»: of=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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