The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 4, sentence 48
And he said to himself: Well may she ask; and now, if my soul were not already snared in the long lashes of the eyes of Shrí, it would be netted like a quail in this extraordinary mass of never-ending hair.
Who acts: meaning, cloud, extraordinary mass · What happens: say, ask, not snare, net, not end · To what, where: meaning, soul, long lashes, extraordinary mass, hair · 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 (meaning, cloud, extraordinary mass), 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 said | cc |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 himself | case |
| 5 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 3 said | obl |
| 6 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 ask | punct |
| 7 | Well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 10 ask | advmod |
| 8 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 ask | aux |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 ask | nsubj |
| 10 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 said | parataxis |
| 11 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 13 now | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 now | cc |
| 13 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 10 ask | advmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 snared | punct |
| 15 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 21 snared | mark |
| 16 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 soul | nmod:poss |
| 17 | soul | soul | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 snared | nsubj:pass |
| 18 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 snared | aux |
| 19 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 21 snared | advmod |
| 20 | already | already | ADV | _ | 21 snared | advmod |
| 21 | snared | snare | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 ask | conj |
| 22 | in | in | ADP | _ | 25 lashes | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 lashes | det |
| 24 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 lashes | amod |
| 25 | lashes | lash | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 snared | obl |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 eyes | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 eyes | det |
| 28 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 lashes | nmod |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 Shrí | case |
| 30 | Shrí | Shrí | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 eyes | nmod |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 netted | punct |
| 32 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 netted | nsubj:pass |
| 33 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 35 netted | aux |
| 34 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 35 netted | aux:pass |
| 35 | netted | net | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 ask | conj |
| 36 | like | like | ADP | _ | 38 quail | case |
| 37 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 38 quail | det |
| 38 | quail | quail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 netted | obl |
| 39 | in | in | ADP | _ | 42 mass | case |
| 40 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 42 mass | det |
| 41 | extraordinary | extraordinary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 mass | amod |
| 42 | mass | mass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 netted | obl |
| 43 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 46 ending | mark |
| 44 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 46 ending | advmod |
| 45 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 44 never | punct |
| 46 | ending | end | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 42 mass | acl |
| 47 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 ending | obj |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | meaning | meaning | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | may | cloud | now | well property | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 3 | not snare a condition, not said to happen | past · passive | my soul | the long lashes of the eyes of Shrí | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in lash=Destination | ||||
| 4 | net | would · passive | soul | this extraordinary mass | like a quail | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: subject=Value | |||
| 5 | not end | gerund | this extraordinary mass not said here | hair | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality hair=Eventuality |
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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