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The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 4, sentence 25

And as he went, gradually the trees grew rarer, and at length he looked before him, and saw in a clear space a dark blue forest pool, studded with moon-lotuses, as if created to mock the expanse of heaven bespangled with its stars, a mirror formed by Wedasa[1] to reproduce another world below.

Who acts: word, trees · What happens: go, grow, look, see, stud, create · To what, where: clear space, dark blue forest pool, expanse, mirror, world

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), 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

ccmarknsubjpunctadvmoddetnsubjconjxcomppunctcccaseoblnsubjconjcaseoblpunctccconjcasedetamodobldetamodamodcompoundappospunctaclcasecompoundpunctoblpunctmarkmarkconjmarkadvcldetobjcasenmodaclcasenmod:possoblpunctdetconjaclcaseobl:agentpunctflatpunctmarkadvcldetobjadvmodpunctrootAndCCONJasSCONJhePRONwentVERB,PUNCTgraduallyADVtheDETtreesNOUNgrewVERBrarerADJ,PUNCTandCCONJatADPlengthNOUNhePRONlookedVERBbeforeADPhimPRON,PUNCTandCCONJsawVERBinADPaDETclearADJspaceNOUNaDETdarkADJblueADJforestNOUNpoolNOUN,PUNCTstuddedVERBwithADPmoonNOUN-PUNCTlotusesNOUN,PUNCTasSCONJifSCONJcreatedVERBtoPARTmockVERBtheDETexpanseNOUNofADPheavenNOUNbespangledVERBwithADPitsPRONstarsNOUN,PUNCTaDETmirrorNOUNformedVERBbyADPWedasaPROPN[PUNCT1NUM]PUNCTtoPARTreproduceVERBanotherDETworldNOUNbelowADV.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AndandCCONJ_4 wentcc
2asasSCONJ_4 wentmark
3hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 wentnsubj
4wentgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5,,PUNCT_9 grewpunct
6graduallygraduallyADV_9 grewadvmod
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 treesdet
8treestreeNOUNNumber=Plur9 grewnsubj
9grewgrowVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 wentconj
10rarerrareADJDegree=Cmp9 grewxcomp
11,,PUNCT_16 lookedpunct
12andandCCONJ_16 lookedcc
13atatADP_14 lengthcase
14lengthlengthNOUNNumber=Sing16 lookedobl
15hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs16 lookednsubj
16lookedlookVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 wentconj
17beforebeforeADP_18 himcase
18himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs16 lookedobl
19,,PUNCT_21 sawpunct
20andandCCONJ_21 sawcc
21sawseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 wentconj
22ininADP_25 spacecase
23aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art25 spacedet
24clearclearADJDegree=Pos25 spaceamod
25spacespaceNOUNNumber=Sing21 sawobl
26aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art30 pooldet
27darkdarkADJDegree=Pos30 poolamod
28blueblueADJDegree=Pos30 poolamod
29forestforestNOUNNumber=Sing30 poolcompound
30poolpoolNOUNNumber=Sing25 spaceappos
31,,PUNCT_32 studdedpunct
32studdedstudVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass30 poolacl
33withwithADP_36 lotusescase
34moonmoonNOUNNumber=Sing36 lotusescompound
35--PUNCT_34 moonpunct
36lotuseslotusNOUNNumber=Plur32 studdedobl
37,,PUNCT_40 createdpunct
38asasSCONJ_40 createdmark
39ififSCONJ_40 createdmark
40createdcreateVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass32 studdedconj
41totoPART_42 mockmark
42mockmockVERBVerbForm=Inf40 createdadvcl
43thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art44 expansedet
44expanseexpanseNOUNNumber=Sing42 mockobj
45ofofADP_46 heavencase
46heavenheavenNOUNNumber=Sing44 expansenmod
47bespangledbespangleVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass44 expanseacl
48withwithADP_50 starscase
49itsitsPRONCase=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs50 starsnmod:poss
50starsstarNOUNNumber=Plur47 bespangledobl
51,,PUNCT_53 mirrorpunct
52aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art53 mirrordet
53mirrormirrorNOUNNumber=Sing30 poolconj
54formedformVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass53 mirroracl
55bybyADP_56 Wedasacase
56WedasaWedasaPROPNNumber=Sing54 formedobl:agent
57[[PUNCT_58 1punct
5811NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card56 Wedasaflat
59]]PUNCT_58 1punct
60totoPART_61 reproducemark
61reproducereproduceVERBVerbForm=Inf54 formedadvcl
62anotheranotherDETPronType=Ind63 worlddet
63worldworldNOUNNumber=Sing61 reproduceobj
64belowbelowADV_63 worldadvmod
65..PUNCT_4 wentpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1gopastwordvn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2growpastthe treesgradually, rare propertyvn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3lookpastwordbefore lightat lengthvn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at length=Theme
4seepastword not said herea clear spacevn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
5studparticiplea dark blue forest pool and a mirror not said herewith moon lotusesvn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with lotus=Theme
6create a condition, not said to happenparticiplevn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
7mockto-infinitivethe expanse of heavenvn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent expanse=Theme
8bespangleparticiplethe expanse of heaven not said herewith heaven's starstree rules
9formparticiplea mirror not said hereWedasa obl:agentvn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10reproduceto-infinitiveanother worldvn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent world=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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