The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 3, sentence 53
Then said Umra-Singh: Thou puttest a knotty question, and drivest a hard bargain; nevertheless, I will give thee an answer, for the sake of my own way and the blue eyes of Shrí.
Who acts: Umra, Thou, I · What happens: say, put, drive, give · To what, where: knotty question, hard bargain, answer, thee · 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, Thou, I), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 2 said | advmod |
| 2 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Umra | Umra | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 said | nsubj |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 Singh | punct |
| 5 | Singh | Singh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Umra | flat |
| 6 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 puttest | punct |
| 7 | Thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 8 puttest | nsubj |
| 8 | puttest | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 said | parataxis |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 question | det |
| 10 | knotty | knotty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 question | amod |
| 11 | question | question | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 puttest | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 drivest | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 drivest | cc |
| 14 | drivest | drive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 puttest | conj |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 bargain | det |
| 16 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 bargain | amod |
| 17 | bargain | bargain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 drivest | obj |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 23 give | punct |
| 19 | nevertheless | nevertheless | ADV | _ | 23 give | advmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 nevertheless | punct |
| 21 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 23 give | nsubj |
| 22 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 23 give | aux |
| 23 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 puttest | conj |
| 24 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 23 give | iobj |
| 25 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 answer | det |
| 26 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 give | obj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 sake | punct |
| 28 | for | for | ADP | _ | 30 sake | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 sake | det |
| 30 | sake | sake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 give | obl |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 way | case |
| 32 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 way | nmod:poss |
| 33 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 way | amod |
| 34 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 sake | nmod |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 eyes | cc |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 eyes | det |
| 37 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 eyes | amod |
| 38 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 way | conj |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 Shrí | case |
| 40 | Shrí | Shrí | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 eyes | nmod |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Umra | then | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | put | present | Thou | a knotty question | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent question=Goal | ||||
| 3 | drive | present | Thou not said here | a hard bargain | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme bargain=Trajectory | ||||
| 4 | give | future | I | a answer | thee | for the sake of my own way and the blue eyes of Shrí; nevertheless property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient answer=Theme for sake=Asset |
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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