The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 4, sentence 38
And she came and stood before him, and put her hand on his shoulder with a touch like a leaf, and looked up into his face with a smile, and said: I am Ulupí, a Daitya's[3] daughter, and here I live in the forest alone, with none to whom to compare myself, save my own image in the water.
Who acts: cow, I, my · What happens: come, stand, put, look up, say, be · To what, where: hand, shoulder, Ulupí, forest, myself, own image · 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, I, my), 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 came | cc |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 came | nsubj |
| 3 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 said | advcl |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 stood | cc |
| 5 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 came | conj |
| 6 | before | before | ADP | _ | 7 him | case |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 stood | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 put | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 put | cc |
| 10 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 came | conj |
| 11 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 hand | nmod:poss |
| 12 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 put | obj |
| 13 | on | on | ADP | _ | 15 shoulder | case |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 shoulder | nmod:poss |
| 15 | shoulder | shoulder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 put | obl |
| 16 | with | with | ADP | _ | 18 touch | case |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 touch | det |
| 18 | touch | touch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 put | obl |
| 19 | like | like | ADP | _ | 21 leaf | case |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 leaf | det |
| 21 | leaf | leaf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 touch | nmod |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 looked | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 looked | cc |
| 24 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 came | conj |
| 25 | up | up | ADP | _ | 24 looked | compound:prt |
| 26 | into | into | ADP | _ | 28 face | case |
| 27 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 face | nmod:poss |
| 28 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 looked | obl |
| 29 | with | with | ADP | _ | 31 smile | case |
| 30 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 31 smile | det |
| 31 | smile | smile | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 face | nmod |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 said | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 said | cc |
| 34 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 35 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 38 Ulupí | punct |
| 36 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 38 Ulupí | nsubj |
| 37 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 38 Ulupí | cop |
| 38 | Ulupí | Ulupí | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 said | ccomp |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 daughter | punct |
| 40 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 41 Daitya | det |
| 41 | Daitya | Daitya | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 42 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 41 Daitya | case |
| 43 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 44 3 | punct |
| 44 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 46 daughter | nummod |
| 45 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 44 3 | punct |
| 46 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 Ulupí | conj |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 here | punct |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 here | cc |
| 49 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 51 live | advmod |
| 50 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 51 live | nsubj |
| 51 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 34 said | ccomp |
| 52 | in | in | ADP | _ | 54 forest | case |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 forest | det |
| 54 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 live | obl |
| 55 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 51 live | advmod |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 none | punct |
| 57 | with | with | ADP | _ | 58 none | case |
| 58 | none | none | PRON | PronType=Neg | 51 live | conj |
| 59 | to | to | ADP | _ | 60 whom | case |
| 60 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 62 compare | obl |
| 61 | to | to | PART | _ | 62 compare | mark |
| 62 | compare | compare | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 58 none | parataxis |
| 63 | myself | myself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 62 compare | obj |
| 64 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 65 save | punct |
| 65 | save | save | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 62 compare | conj |
| 66 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 68 image | nmod:poss |
| 67 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 68 image | amod |
| 68 | image | image | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 save | obj |
| 69 | in | in | ADP | _ | 71 water | case |
| 70 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 71 water | det |
| 71 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 save | obl |
| 72 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 34 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | cow | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | stand | past | cow not said here | before Shrí | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before he=Location | ||||
| 3 | put | infinitive | cow not said here | cow's hand | Shrí's shoulder | with a touch like a leaf | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme on shoulder=Destination | ||
| 4 | look up | past | cow not said here | into Shrí's face with a smile | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into face=Theme | ||||
| 5 | say speech: assert | past | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 6 | is a | present | I | Ulupí and a Daitya's 3 daughter | a Daitya's 3 daughter conj | tree rules | |||
| 7 | live | present | I | the forest; here | none conj; alone property | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in forest=Location | |||
| 8 | compare | to-infinitive | myself | whom obl | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent myself=Patient | ||||
| 9 | save | infinitive | my own image | the water | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent image=Theme | ||||
| 10 | image | my | nom image «cognition 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.
This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/6/38/