The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 3, sentence 37
And as he went on slowly, feeling his way with the point of his sword, suddenly in the darkness another face peered into his own, and stuck out at him a long red tongue.
Who acts: human · What happens: go on, feel, peer, stick out, point · To what, where: way, darkness, face, long red tongue, sword
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 (human), 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 went | cc |
| 2 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 4 went | mark |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 went | nsubj |
| 4 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADV | _ | 4 went | advmod |
| 6 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 4 went | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 feeling | punct |
| 8 | feeling | feel | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 went | advcl |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 way | nmod:poss |
| 10 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 feeling | obj |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 point | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 point | det |
| 13 | point | point | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 feeling | obl |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 sword | case |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 sword | nmod:poss |
| 16 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 point | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 darkness | punct |
| 18 | suddenly | suddenly | ADV | _ | 21 darkness | advmod |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 darkness | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 darkness | det |
| 21 | darkness | darkness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 feeling | obl |
| 22 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 23 face | det |
| 23 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 darkness | conj |
| 24 | peered | peer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 23 face | acl |
| 25 | into | into | ADP | _ | 27 own | case |
| 26 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 own | nmod:poss |
| 27 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 peered | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 stuck | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 stuck | cc |
| 30 | stuck | stick | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 went | parataxis |
| 31 | out | out | ADP | _ | 30 stuck | compound:prt |
| 32 | at | at | ADP | _ | 33 him | case |
| 33 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 stuck | obl |
| 34 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 37 tongue | det |
| 35 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 tongue | amod |
| 36 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 tongue | amod |
| 37 | tongue | tongue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 stuck | obl |
| 38 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go on | past | human | slowly property | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | feel | gerund | human not said here | human's way | the darkness and another face | with the point of human's sword | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent way=Theme in darkness=Location | ||
| 3 | peer | participle | another face not said here | into human's own | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into own=Theme | ||||
| 4 | stick out | participle | a long red tongue | at human | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme at he=Destination | ||||
| 5 | point | human's sword | nom point «cognition 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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