The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 4, sentence 32
And instantly she stopped her singing and dancing, and clapped her hands, and called to him like a _Kokila_: Come over to me, thou handsome stranger, for I am weary of dancing alone, and I have a question to ask thee.
Who acts: cow, thou, I, question · What happens: stop, clap, call, come over, stranger, be · To what, where: singing, hands, voice, me, question, 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 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, thou, I, question), 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 stopped | cc |
| 2 | instantly | instantly | ADV | _ | 4 stopped | advmod |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 stopped | nsubj |
| 4 | stopped | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 singing | nmod:poss |
| 6 | singing | singing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stopped | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 dancing | cc |
| 8 | dancing | dancing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 singing | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 clapped | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 clapped | cc |
| 11 | clapped | clap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 stopped | conj |
| 12 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 hands | nmod:poss |
| 13 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 clapped | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 called | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 called | cc |
| 16 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 stopped | advcl |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 him | case |
| 18 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 called | obl |
| 19 | like | like | ADP | _ | 22 Kokila | case |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 Kokila | det |
| 21 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 22 Kokila | punct |
| 22 | Kokila | Kokila | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 called | obl |
| 23 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 16 called | punct |
| 24 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 25 Come | punct |
| 25 | Come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 stopped | conj |
| 26 | over | over | ADV | _ | 25 Come | advmod |
| 27 | to | to | ADP | _ | 28 me | case |
| 28 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 25 Come | obl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 stranger | punct |
| 30 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 32 stranger | nsubj |
| 31 | handsome | handsome | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 stranger | amod |
| 32 | stranger | stranger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 Come | vocative |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 weary | punct |
| 34 | for | for | ADP | _ | 37 weary | case |
| 35 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 37 weary | nsubj |
| 36 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 37 weary | cop |
| 37 | weary | weary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 Come | parataxis |
| 38 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 39 dancing | mark |
| 39 | dancing | dance | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 37 weary | advcl |
| 40 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 39 dancing | advmod |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 have | punct |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 have | cc |
| 43 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 44 have | nsubj |
| 44 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 stopped | conj |
| 45 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 46 question | det |
| 46 | question | question | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 have | obj |
| 47 | to | to | PART | _ | 48 ask | mark |
| 48 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 44 have | xcomp |
| 49 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 48 ask | obj |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 stopped | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | past | cow | cow's singing and dancing | instantly property | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector singing=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | clap | past | cow not said here | cow's hands | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hand=Theme | ||||
| 3 | call | participle | cow not said here | voice | like a Kokila | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | |||
| 4 | come over | infinitive | cow not said here | me | over property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to i=Initial_Location | |||
| 5 | stranger | thou | tree rules | ||||||
| 6 | is | present | I | weary property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | dance | gerund | I not said here | alone property | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 8 | have | present | I | a question | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | ask speech: ask | to-infinitive | a question not said here | thee | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient | ||||
| 10 | sing | cow | nom singing «act transitive»: poss=agent |
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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