The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 3, sentence 122
And he turned, and went without waiting to the Ganges, and remained there a few years washing away his crimes, like one to whom life and death are the same, and at last entered the river, and it drowned him, and carried his body out to sea.
Who acts: king, few years, life · What happens: turn, go, wait, remain, wash away, be · To what, where: crimes, river, last, king, 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 (king, few years, life), 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 turned | cc |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 turned | nsubj |
| 3 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 went | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 went | cc |
| 6 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 turned | conj |
| 7 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 8 waiting | mark |
| 8 | waiting | wait | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 went | advcl |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 Ganges | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Ganges | det |
| 11 | Ganges | Ganges | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 waiting | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 remained | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 remained | cc |
| 14 | remained | remain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 turned | conj |
| 15 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 14 remained | advmod |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 years | det |
| 17 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 years | amod |
| 18 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 remained | obl:unmarked |
| 19 | washing | wash | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 18 years | acl |
| 20 | away | away | ADV | _ | 19 washing | advmod |
| 21 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 crimes | nmod:poss |
| 22 | crimes | crime | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 washing | obj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 one | punct |
| 24 | like | like | ADP | _ | 25 one | case |
| 25 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 14 remained | obl |
| 26 | to | to | ADP | _ | 27 whom | case |
| 27 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 25 one | nmod |
| 28 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 same | nsubj |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 death | cc |
| 30 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 life | conj |
| 31 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 33 same | cop |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 same | det |
| 33 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 whom | parataxis |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 entered | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 entered | cc |
| 36 | at | at | ADP | _ | 37 last | case |
| 37 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 entered | obl |
| 38 | entered | enter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 turned | conj |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 river | det |
| 40 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 entered | obj |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 drowned | punct |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 drowned | cc |
| 43 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 drowned | nsubj |
| 44 | drowned | drown | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 entered | conj |
| 45 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 drowned | obj |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 carried | punct |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 carried | cc |
| 48 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 turned | conj |
| 49 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 50 body | nmod:poss |
| 50 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 carried | obj |
| 51 | out | out | ADV | _ | 48 carried | advmod |
| 52 | to | to | ADP | _ | 53 sea | case |
| 53 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 carried | obl |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 turned | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | past | king | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | go | past | king not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | wait | gerund | king not said here | to the Ganges | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | remain | past | king not said here | there | year | like one | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||
| 5 | wash away | gerund | a few years not said here | king's crimes | away property | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crime=Patient | |||
| 6 | is | present | life and death | same property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | enter | past | king not said here | the river | last | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme river=Destination | |||
| 8 | drown | past | life | king | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ||||
| 9 | carry out | past | king not said here | king's body | to sea; out property | vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent body=Eventuality | |||
| 10 | incriminate | king | nom crime «act 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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