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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

ccnsubjadvmodpunctoblcaseoblpunctcasedetcompoundoblpunctcaseapposnsubjacl:relclobjpunctmarknsubjparataxiscompound:prtcasedetoblcasenmod:possnmoddetapposcasedetnmodpunctnsubjconjcompound:prtcaseoblcasemarkcasecaseoblpunctccconjobjcasenmod:possoblcasemarkcaseoblcasenmod:possnmodpunctrootAndCCONJhePRONwentVERBonADV,PUNCTswordNOUNinADPhandNOUN,PUNCTalongADPaDETsilverNOUNpathNOUN,PUNCTamongADPtreesNOUNthatPRONresembledVERBRákshasasPROPN,PUNCTforSCONJtheyPRONletVERBinADPthroughADPtheDEThairNOUNofADPtheirPRONbranchesNOUNtheDETlightNOUNofADPtheDETmoonNOUN,PUNCTwhichPRONpeeredVERBdownADPatADPhimPRONasADPifSCONJoutADPofADPcuriosityNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJlitVERBhimPRONonADPhisPRONwayNOUNasADPifSCONJinADPadmirationNOUNofADPhisPRONcourageNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AndandCCONJ_3 wentcc
2hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 wentnsubj
3wentgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4ononADV_3 wentadvmod
5,,PUNCT_6 swordpunct
6swordswordNOUNNumber=Sing3 wentobl
7ininADP_8 handcase
8handhandNOUNNumber=Sing3 wentobl
9,,PUNCT_13 pathpunct
10alongalongADP_13 pathcase
11aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art13 pathdet
12silversilverNOUNNumber=Sing13 pathcompound
13pathpathNOUNNumber=Sing3 wentobl
14,,PUNCT_16 treespunct
15amongamongADP_16 treescase
16treestreeNOUNNumber=Plur13 pathappos
17thatthatPRONPronType=Rel18 resemblednsubj
18resembledresembleVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin16 treesacl:relcl
19RákshasasRákshasasPROPNNumber=Sing18 resembledobj
20,,PUNCT_23 letpunct
21forforSCONJ_23 letmark
22theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs23 letnsubj
23letletVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 wentparataxis
24ininADP_23 letcompound:prt
25throughthroughADP_27 haircase
26thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art27 hairdet
27hairhairNOUNNumber=Sing23 letobl
28ofofADP_30 branchescase
29theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs30 branchesnmod:poss
30branchesbranchNOUNNumber=Plur27 hairnmod
31thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art32 lightdet
32lightlightNOUNNumber=Sing30 branchesappos
33ofofADP_35 mooncase
34thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art35 moondet
35moonmoonNOUNNumber=Sing32 lightnmod
36,,PUNCT_38 peeredpunct
37whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel38 peerednsubj
38peeredpeerVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin32 lightconj
39downdownADP_38 peeredcompound:prt
40atatADP_41 himcase
41himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs38 peeredobl
42asasADP_46 curiositycase
43ififSCONJ_46 curiositymark
44outoutADP_46 curiositycase
45ofofADP_46 curiositycase
46curiositycuriosityNOUNNumber=Sing38 peeredobl
47,,PUNCT_49 litpunct
48andandCCONJ_49 litcc
49litlightVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 wentconj
50himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs49 litobj
51ononADP_53 waycase
52hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs53 waynmod:poss
53waywayNOUNNumber=Sing49 litobl
54asasADP_57 admirationcase
55ififSCONJ_57 admirationmark
56ininADP_57 admirationcase
57admirationadmirationNOUNNumber=Sing49 litobl
58ofofADP_60 couragecase
59hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs60 couragenmod:poss
60couragecourageNOUNNumber=Sing57 admirationnmod
61..PUNCT_3 wentpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1go onpastwordswordhandalong a silver pathvn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in hand=Location
2resemblepasttreesRákshasastree rules
3let inpresenttrees = treethe hair of trees's branchesvn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent
4peer downpastthe light of the moonat word; as curiosityvn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at he=Theme
5lightpastword not said herewordword's wayas admiration of word's couragevn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Product
6lightthe moonnom light «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient
7admireword's couragenom 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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