The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 3, sentence 24
And the sword fell from his hand, and he sprang to his feet, and exclaimed: What! she is for the man who has seen the Land of the Lotus, and here am I, a Rajpoot of the Race of the Sun, dreaming of death by this moonlit tank, while the Land of the Lotus is yet unfound!
Who acts: sword, sun, sound, man, Land · What happens: fall, spring, exclaim, be, see, dream · To what, where: Rajpoot, hand, feet, Land
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 (sword, sun, sound, man), 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 | _ | 4 fell | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 sword | det |
| 3 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fell | nsubj |
| 4 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 hand | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 hand | nmod:poss |
| 7 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fell | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 sprang | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 sprang | cc |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 sprang | nsubj |
| 11 | sprang | spring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 fell | conj |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 feet | case |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 feet | nmod:poss |
| 14 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 sprang | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 exclaimed | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 exclaimed | cc |
| 17 | exclaimed | exclaim | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 fell | conj |
| 18 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 19 What | punct |
| 19 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 17 exclaimed | obj |
| 20 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 19 What | punct |
| 21 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 man | nsubj |
| 22 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 man | cop |
| 23 | for | for | ADP | _ | 25 man | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 man | det |
| 25 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 What | nsubj |
| 26 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 28 seen | nsubj |
| 27 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 28 seen | aux |
| 28 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 25 man | acl:relcl |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 Land | det |
| 30 | Land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 seen | obj |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 Lotus | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 Lotus | det |
| 33 | Lotus | Lotus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 Land | nmod |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 here | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 here | cc |
| 36 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 fell | advmod |
| 37 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 36 here | cop |
| 38 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 fell | nsubj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 Rajpoot | punct |
| 40 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 41 Rajpoot | det |
| 41 | Rajpoot | Rajpoot | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 fell | obl |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 44 Race | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 Race | det |
| 44 | Race | Race | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 Rajpoot | nmod |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 47 Sun | case |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 Sun | det |
| 47 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 Race | nmod |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 dreaming | punct |
| 49 | dreaming | dream | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 fell | advcl |
| 50 | of | of | ADP | _ | 51 death | case |
| 51 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 dreaming | obl |
| 52 | by | by | ADP | _ | 55 tank | case |
| 53 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 55 tank | det |
| 54 | moonlit | moonlit | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 55 tank | amod |
| 55 | tank | tank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 dreaming | obl |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 65 unfound | punct |
| 57 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 65 unfound | mark |
| 58 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 59 Land | det |
| 59 | Land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 unfound | nsubj |
| 60 | of | of | ADP | _ | 62 Lotus | case |
| 61 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 62 Lotus | det |
| 62 | Lotus | Lotus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 59 Land | nmod |
| 63 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 65 unfound | cop |
| 64 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 65 unfound | advmod |
| 65 | unfound | unfound | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 fell | conj |
| 66 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 fell | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall | past | the sword | a Rajpoot of the Race of the Sun | sun's hand | I nsubj | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from hand=Initial_Location | ||
| 2 | spring | past | sun | sun's feet | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to foot=Destination | ||||
| 3 | exclaim speech: express | past | the sword not said here | What obj | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ||||
| 4 | is | present | sound | for the man | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | see | present · perfect | the man | the Land of the Lotus | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer land=Stimulus | ||||
| 6 | is | present | here property | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | dream | gerund | the sword not said here | of death; by this moonlit tank | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 8 | is | present | the Land of the Lotus | yet | unfound property | tree rules |
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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