The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 4, sentence 28

And as she danced, her robes of the colour of grass fluttered in the wind produced by her own movement over the curves of her limbs; and drops of water sparkled in the moonlight like gems on her bosom, which rose and fell like a wave of the sea in and out of the shadow of her hair: for that hair resembled a mass of the essence of the blackness of night.

Who acts: cow, bosom · What happens: dance, flutter, produce, drop, sparkle, rise · To what, where: robes, grass, wind, water, moonlight, mass

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 (cow, bosom), 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	_	4 danced	cc
2	as	as	SCONJ	_	4 danced	mark
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 danced	nsubj
4	danced	dance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 robes	punct
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 robes	nmod:poss
7	robes	robe	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 danced	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 colour	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 colour	det
10	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 robes	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 grass	case
12	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 colour	nmod
13	fluttered	flutter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 grass	acl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 wind	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 wind	det
16	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 fluttered	obl:agent
17	produced	produce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 wind	acl
18	by	by	ADP	_	21 movement	case
19	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 movement	nmod:poss
20	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 movement	amod
21	movement	movement	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 produced	obl
22	over	over	ADP	_	24 curves	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 curves	det
24	curves	curve	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 movement	nmod
25	of	of	ADP	_	27 limbs	case
26	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 limbs	nmod:poss
27	limbs	limb	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 curves	nmod
28	;	;	PUNCT	_	30 drops	punct
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 drops	cc
30	drops	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 danced	conj
31	of	of	ADP	_	32 water	case
32	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 drops	obl
33	sparkled	sparkle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	32 water	acl
34	in	in	ADP	_	36 moonlight	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 moonlight	det
36	moonlight	moonlight	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 sparkled	obl
37	like	like	ADP	_	38 gems	case
38	gems	gem	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 moonlight	nmod
39	on	on	ADP	_	41 bosom	case
40	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	41 bosom	nmod:poss
41	bosom	bosom	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 gems	nmod
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 rose	punct
43	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	44 rose	nsubj
44	rose	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 bosom	acl:relcl
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 fell	cc
46	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 rose	conj
47	like	like	ADP	_	49 wave	case
48	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	49 wave	det
49	wave	wave	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 fell	obl
50	of	of	ADP	_	52 sea	case
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 sea	det
52	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 wave	nmod
53	in	in	ADV	_	46 fell	advmod
54	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 shadow	cc
55	out	out	ADP	_	58 shadow	case
56	of	of	ADP	_	58 shadow	case
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 shadow	det
58	shadow	shadow	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 fell	conj
59	of	of	ADP	_	61 hair	case
60	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	61 hair	nmod:poss
61	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 shadow	nmod
62	:	:	PUNCT	_	66 resembled	punct
63	for	for	ADP	_	65 hair	case
64	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	65 hair	det
65	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 resembled	obl
66	resembled	resemble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 danced	conj
67	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	68 mass	det
68	mass	mass	NOUN	Number=Sing	66 resembled	obj
69	of	of	ADP	_	71 essence	case
70	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	71 essence	det
71	essence	essence	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 mass	nmod
72	of	of	ADP	_	74 blackness	case
73	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	74 blackness	det
74	blackness	blackness	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 essence	nmod
75	of	of	ADP	_	76 night	case
76	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 blackness	nmod
77	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 danced	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	dance	past	cow	cow's robes of the colour of grass			vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	flutter	participle		grass not said here		the wind obl:agent	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	produce	participle		the wind not said here		by cow's own movement over the curves of cow's limbs	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	drop	present	cow not said here			of water	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme of water=Trajectory
5	sparkle	participle		water not said here	the moonlight like gems on cow's bosom		vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in moonlight=Location
6	rise	past	cow's bosom				vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	fall	past	cow's bosom not said here			like a wave of the sea; the shadow of cow's hair conj	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	resemble	past	cow not said here	a mass of the essence of the blackness of night		for that hair	tree rules
9	move		cow		the curves of cow's limbs		nom movement «act transitive»: poss=agent over=place
10	bosom		cow				nom bosom «state transitive»: poss=agent
11	wave			the sea			nom wave «event transitive»: of=patient
12	shadow			cow's hair			nom shadow «state 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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The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 4, sentence 28