The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 3, sentence 12
And sore though he was in all his limbs, he never felt the pain of his body: but his eyes were dazed with the blue glory of the bitter scorn of the eyes of Shrí, and the sound of her voice and her laughter rang in his ears, and in his heart was shame.
Who acts: Umra, sound, bitter scorn · What happens: be, not feel, daze, ring, pain, glory · To what, where: limbs, pain, eyes, ears, heart shame, body
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 (Umra, sound, bitter scorn), 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 | _ | 2 sore | cc |
| 2 | sore | sore | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 9 limbs | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 limbs | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 limbs | cop |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 limbs | case |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 limbs | det:predet |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 limbs | nmod:poss |
| 9 | limbs | limb | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 sore | nsubj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 felt | punct |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 felt | nsubj |
| 12 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 13 felt | advmod |
| 13 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 sore | parataxis |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 pain | det |
| 15 | pain | pain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 felt | obj |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 body | case |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 body | nmod:poss |
| 18 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 pain | nmod |
| 19 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 24 dazed | punct |
| 20 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 24 dazed | cc |
| 21 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 22 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 dazed | nsubj:pass |
| 23 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 dazed | aux:pass |
| 24 | dazed | daze | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 felt | conj |
| 25 | with | with | ADP | _ | 28 glory | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 glory | det |
| 27 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 glory | amod |
| 28 | glory | glory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 dazed | obl |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 scorn | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 scorn | det |
| 31 | bitter | bitter | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 scorn | amod |
| 32 | scorn | scorn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 glory | nmod |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 eyes | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 eyes | det |
| 35 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 scorn | nmod |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 Shrí | case |
| 37 | Shrí | Shrí | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 eyes | nmod |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 rang | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 rang | cc |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 sound | det |
| 41 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 rang | nsubj |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 44 voice | case |
| 43 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 voice | nmod:poss |
| 44 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 sound | nmod |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 laughter | cc |
| 46 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 47 laughter | nmod:poss |
| 47 | laughter | laughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 voice | conj |
| 48 | rang | ring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 dazed | conj |
| 49 | in | in | ADP | _ | 51 ears | case |
| 50 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 51 ears | nmod:poss |
| 51 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 48 rang | obl |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 shame | punct |
| 53 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 58 shame | cc |
| 54 | in | in | ADP | _ | 56 heart | case |
| 55 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 56 heart | nmod:poss |
| 56 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 shame | compound |
| 57 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 58 shame | cop |
| 58 | shame | shame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 rang | obl |
| 59 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 sore | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Umra | Umra's limbs | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not feel | past | Umra | the pain of Umra's body | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pain=Theme | ||||
| 3 | daze | past · passive | Umra's eyes | with the blue glory of the bitter scorn of the eyes of Shrí | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | ring | past | the sound of sound's voice and sound's laughter | Umra's ears | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in ear=Location | ||||
| 5 | is a | past | heart shame | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | pain | Umra's body | nom pain «state transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 8 | glory | the bitter scorn of the eyes of Shrí | nom glory «state intransitive»: of=agent | ||||||
| 9 | scorn | the eyes of Shrí | nom scorn «feeling transitive»: of=patient |
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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