The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 3, sentence 32

Yet he never found anyone who could tell him his way, or had ever heard the name of the Land of the Lotus of the Sun. And meanwhile the suns of the hot seasons burned him like a furnace, and the cold seasons froze the blood in his veins, and the rains roared over his head like a wild-elephant, and at the last, he said to himself: Now for thrice six seasons have I been seeking, and yet I know no more of my way to the Land of the Lotus than I did before.

Who acts: Nightwalker, suns, cold seasons, rains, thrice six seasons, I · What happens: not find, tell, hear, meanwhile, burn, freeze · To what, where: anyone, way, Nightwalker, name, blood, veins · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (Nightwalker, suns, cold seasons, rains), 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	Yet	yet	CCONJ	_	4 found	cc
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 found	nsubj
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 found	advmod
4	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 found	obj
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 tell	nsubj
7	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 tell	aux
8	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 anyone	acl:relcl
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 tell	iobj
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 way	nmod:poss
11	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tell	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 heard	punct
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 heard	cc
14	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 heard	aux
15	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	16 heard	advmod
16	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 found	conj
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 name	det
18	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 heard	obj
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 Land	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 Land	det
21	Land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 name	nmod
22	of	of	ADP	_	24 Lotus	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 Lotus	det
24	Lotus	Lotus	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 Land	nmod
25	of	of	ADP	_	27 Sun.	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 Sun.	det
27	Sun.	Sunday	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 Lotus	nmod
28	And	and	CCONJ	_	29 meanwhile	cc
29	meanwhile	meanwhile	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 heard	conj
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 suns	det
31	suns	sun	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 burned	nsubj
32	of	of	ADP	_	35 seasons	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 seasons	det
34	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 seasons	amod
35	seasons	season	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 suns	nmod
36	burned	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 meanwhile	ccomp
37	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 burned	obj
38	like	like	ADP	_	40 furnace	case
39	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	40 furnace	det
40	furnace	furnace	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 burned	obl
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 froze	punct
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 froze	cc
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 seasons	det
44	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	45 seasons	amod
45	seasons	season	NOUN	Number=Plur	46 froze	nsubj
46	froze	freeze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 found	conj
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 blood	det
48	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 froze	obj
49	in	in	ADP	_	51 veins	case
50	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	51 veins	nmod:poss
51	veins	vein	NOUN	Number=Plur	46 froze	obl
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 roared	punct
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	56 roared	cc
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 rains	det
55	rains	rain	NOUN	Number=Plur	56 roared	nsubj
56	roared	roar	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 found	conj
57	over	over	ADP	_	59 head	case
58	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	59 head	nmod:poss
59	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 roared	obl
60	like	like	ADP	_	64 elephant	case
61	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	64 elephant	det
62	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	64 elephant	amod
63	-	-	PUNCT	_	62 wild	punct
64	elephant	elephant	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 roared	obl
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	72 said	punct
66	and	and	CCONJ	_	72 said	cc
67	at	at	ADP	_	69 last	case
68	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	69 last	det
69	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	72 said	obl
70	,	,	PUNCT	_	69 last	punct
71	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	72 said	nsubj
72	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 found	conj
73	to	to	ADP	_	74 himself	case
74	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	72 said	obl
75	:	:	PUNCT	_	81 have	punct
76	Now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	81 have	advmod
77	for	for	ADP	_	80 seasons	case
78	thrice	thrice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	80 seasons	amod
79	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	80 seasons	nummod
80	seasons	season	NOUN	Number=Plur	81 have	nsubj
81	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	72 said	ccomp
82	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	84 seeking	nsubj
83	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	84 seeking	aux
84	seeking	seek	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	81 have	xcomp
85	,	,	PUNCT	_	89 know	punct
86	and	and	CCONJ	_	89 know	cc
87	yet	yet	ADV	_	89 know	advmod
88	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	89 know	nsubj
89	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	81 have	parataxis
90	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	91 more	det
91	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	89 know	obj
92	of	of	ADP	_	94 way	case
93	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	94 way	nmod:poss
94	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	91 more	obl
95	to	to	ADP	_	97 Land	case
96	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	97 Land	det
97	Land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	94 way	nmod
98	of	of	ADP	_	100 Lotus	case
99	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	100 Lotus	det
100	Lotus	Lotus	PROPN	Number=Sing	97 Land	nmod
101	than	than	SCONJ	_	103 did	mark
102	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	103 did	nsubj
103	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	91 more	advcl
104	before	before	ADV	_	103 did	advmod
105	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 found	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not find	past	Nightwalker	anyone					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Topic
2	tell speech: assert	could		Nightwalker's way	Nightwalker			who nsubj	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient way=Topic
3	hear	past · perfect	Nightwalker not said here	the name of the Land of the Lotus of the Sun.			ever		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus
4	meanwhile	past	Nightwalker not said here						tree rules
5	burn	past	the suns of the hot seasons	Nightwalker				like a furnace	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Theme
6	freeze	past	the cold seasons	the blood		Nightwalker's veins			vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient blood=Result
7	roar	past	the rains			Nightwalker's head		like a wild elephant	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over head=Location
8	say speech: assert	past	Nightwalker		Nightwalker	the last			vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to himself=Experiencer clause=Topic
9	have	present	thrice six seasons				now		tree rules
10	seek	participle · progressive	I						vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
11	know	present	I	no more of my way to the Land of the Lotus			yet		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer more=Stimulus
12	do	past	I					before property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
13	name			the Land of the Lotus of the Sun.					nom name «communication 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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The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 3, sentence 32