The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 4, sentence 24
And he went on, sword in hand, along a silver path, among trees that resembled Rákshasas, for they let in through the hair of their branches the light of the moon, which peered down at him as if out of curiosity, and lit him on his way as if in admiration of his courage.
Who acts: word, trees, light · What happens: go on, resemble, let in, peer down, light, admire · To what, where: sword, hand, Rákshasas, hair, word, way
This is a sentence of «The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth» by Unknown, A Sleep and a Dream., part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (word, trees, light), 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 | _ | 3 went | cc |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 went | nsubj |
| 3 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADV | _ | 3 went | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 sword | punct |
| 6 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 went | obl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 hand | case |
| 8 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 went | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 path | punct |
| 10 | along | along | ADP | _ | 13 path | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 path | det |
| 12 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 path | compound |
| 13 | path | path | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 went | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 trees | punct |
| 15 | among | among | ADP | _ | 16 trees | case |
| 16 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 path | appos |
| 17 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 resembled | nsubj |
| 18 | resembled | resemble | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 trees | acl:relcl |
| 19 | Rákshasas | Rákshasas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 resembled | obj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 let | punct |
| 21 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 23 let | mark |
| 22 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 let | nsubj |
| 23 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 went | parataxis |
| 24 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 let | compound:prt |
| 25 | through | through | ADP | _ | 27 hair | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 hair | det |
| 27 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 let | obl |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 branches | case |
| 29 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 branches | nmod:poss |
| 30 | branches | branch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 hair | nmod |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 light | det |
| 32 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 branches | appos |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 moon | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 moon | det |
| 35 | moon | moon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 light | nmod |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 peered | punct |
| 37 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 38 peered | nsubj |
| 38 | peered | peer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 light | conj |
| 39 | down | down | ADP | _ | 38 peered | compound:prt |
| 40 | at | at | ADP | _ | 41 him | case |
| 41 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 peered | obl |
| 42 | as | as | ADP | _ | 46 curiosity | case |
| 43 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 46 curiosity | mark |
| 44 | out | out | ADP | _ | 46 curiosity | case |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 curiosity | case |
| 46 | curiosity | curiosity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 peered | obl |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 lit | punct |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 lit | cc |
| 49 | lit | light | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 went | conj |
| 50 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 lit | obj |
| 51 | on | on | ADP | _ | 53 way | case |
| 52 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 53 way | nmod:poss |
| 53 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 lit | obl |
| 54 | as | as | ADP | _ | 57 admiration | case |
| 55 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 57 admiration | mark |
| 56 | in | in | ADP | _ | 57 admiration | case |
| 57 | admiration | admiration | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 lit | obl |
| 58 | of | of | ADP | _ | 60 courage | case |
| 59 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 60 courage | nmod:poss |
| 60 | courage | courage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 admiration | nmod |
| 61 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go on | past | word | sword | hand | along a silver path | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in hand=Location | ||
| 2 | resemble | past | trees | Rákshasas | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | let in | present | trees = tree | the hair of trees's branches | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | peer down | past | the light of the moon | at word; as curiosity | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at he=Theme | ||||
| 5 | light | past | word not said here | word | word's way | as admiration of word's courage | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Product | ||
| 6 | light | the moon | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 7 | admire | word's courage | nom admiration «feeling 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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