The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 3, sentence 99

Then said Umra-Singh: Thou art but an old Rákshasa; nevertheless, once more will I give thee an answer, for the sake of my way, and the colour of the eyes of Shrí.

Who acts: Umra, I · What happens: say, give · To what, where: 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, 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 art	punct
7	Thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	8 art	nsubj
8	art	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 said	ccomp
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 Rákshasa	cc
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 Rákshasa	det
11	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 Rákshasa	amod
12	Rákshasa	Rákshasa	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 art	conj
13	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 nevertheless	punct
14	nevertheless	nevertheless	ADV	_	2 said	advmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 give	punct
16	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	17 more	advmod
17	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	20 give	advmod
18	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 give	aux
19	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	20 give	nsubj
20	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 said	conj
21	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	20 give	iobj
22	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 answer	det
23	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 give	obj
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 sake	punct
25	for	for	ADP	_	27 sake	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 sake	det
27	sake	sake	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 give	obl
28	of	of	ADP	_	30 way	case
29	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	30 way	nmod:poss
30	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 sake	nmod
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 colour	punct
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 colour	cc
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 colour	det
34	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 said	ccomp
35	of	of	ADP	_	37 eyes	case
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 eyes	det
37	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	34 colour	nmod
38	of	of	ADP	_	39 Shrí	case
39	Shrí	Shrí	PROPN	Number=Sing	37 eyes	nmod
40	.	.	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	the colour of the eyes of Shrí ccomp; nevertheless property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	give	future	I	a answer	thee			for the sake of my way	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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The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 3, sentence 99