The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 3, sentence 41
Umra-Singh said: I am a Rajpoot who has quarrelled with his relations, and I am looking for the Land of the Lotus of the Sun. Then said the Wairágí: They are very few that wish to find that Lotus Land; and fewer still who find it; fewest of all those, that having found it ever return.
Who acts: Umra, I, Rajpoot, Wairágí, relations, that · What happens: say, be, quarrell, look, wish, find · To what, where: Rajpoot, Lotus Land, Lotus · 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 (Umra, I, Rajpoot, Wairágí), 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 | Umra | Umra | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 said | nsubj |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 Singh | punct |
| 3 | Singh | Singh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Umra | flat |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 Rajpoot | punct |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 Rajpoot | nsubj |
| 7 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 Rajpoot | cop |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 Rajpoot | det |
| 9 | Rajpoot | rajpoot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 said | ccomp |
| 10 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 quarrelled | nsubj |
| 11 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 quarrelled | aux |
| 12 | quarrelled | quarrell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 9 Rajpoot | acl:relcl |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 relations | case |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 relations | nmod:poss |
| 15 | relations | relation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 quarrelled | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 looking | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 looking | cc |
| 18 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 20 looking | nsubj |
| 19 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 looking | aux |
| 20 | looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 said | advcl |
| 21 | for | for | ADP | _ | 23 Land | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 Land | det |
| 23 | Land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 looking | obl |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 Lotus | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 Lotus | det |
| 26 | Lotus | Lotus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 Land | nmod |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 Sun. | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 Sun. | det |
| 29 | Sun. | Sunday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 Lotus | nmod |
| 30 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 31 said | advmod |
| 31 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 looking | conj |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 Wairágí | det |
| 33 | Wairágí | Wairágí | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 said | nsubj |
| 34 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 38 few | punct |
| 35 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 few | nsubj |
| 36 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 38 few | cop |
| 37 | very | very | ADV | _ | 38 few | advmod |
| 38 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 said | parataxis |
| 39 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 40 wish | nsubj |
| 40 | wish | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 38 few | ccomp |
| 41 | to | to | PART | _ | 42 find | mark |
| 42 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 40 wish | xcomp |
| 43 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 45 Land | mark |
| 44 | Lotus | Lotus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 45 Land | compound |
| 45 | Land | Land | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 find | obj |
| 46 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 51 find | punct |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 fewer | cc |
| 48 | fewer | few | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 51 find | advmod |
| 49 | still | still | ADV | _ | 48 fewer | advmod |
| 50 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 51 find | nsubj |
| 51 | find | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 said | conj |
| 52 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 51 find | obj |
| 53 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 61 found | punct |
| 54 | fewest | few | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 57 those | nsubj |
| 55 | of | of | ADP | _ | 56 all | case |
| 56 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 54 fewest | nmod |
| 57 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 61 found | nsubj |
| 58 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 having | punct |
| 59 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 60 having | nsubj |
| 60 | having | have | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 57 those | conj |
| 61 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 said | parataxis |
| 62 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 64 return | nsubj |
| 63 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 64 return | advmod |
| 64 | return | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 61 found | ccomp |
| 65 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Umra | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | I | a Rajpoot | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | quarrell | present · perfect | a Rajpoot | with Umra's relations | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | look | present · progressive | I | for the Land of the Lotus of the Sun. | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for land=Theme | ||||
| 5 | say speech: assert | past | the Wairágí | then | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | is | present | relations = relation | few property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | wish | present | that | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 8 | find not said to happen | to-infinitive | that not said here | Lotus Land | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Topic | ||||
| 9 | find | present | Lotus | still | who nsubj | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | |||
| 10 | have | gerund | that | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 11 | find | past | those | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 12 | return | present | Lotus | ever | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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