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The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 4, sentence 49

But he said: Beauty, lovely at night is the heaven with its stars, but lovelier still the dark blue sea, in which they are reflected, for it contains all their beauty, and adds another of its own.

Who acts: meaning, Beauty · What happens: say, be, reflect, contain, add · To what, where: heaven, stars, beauty, another · 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, Beauty), 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

ccnsubjpunctnsubjpunctamodcaseoblcopdetccompcasenmod:possnmodpunctccnsubjadvmoddetamodamodoblpunctcaseoblnsubjaux:passparataxispunctmarknsubjparataxisdet:predetnmod:possobjpunctccconjobjcasenmod:possnmodpunctrootButCCONJhePRONsaidVERB:PUNCTBeautyNOUN,PUNCTlovelyADJatADPnightNOUNisAUXtheDETheavenNOUNwithADPitsPRONstarsNOUN,PUNCTbutCCONJlovelierADJstillADVtheDETdarkADJblueADJseaNOUN,PUNCTinADPwhichPRONtheyPRONareAUXreflectedVERB,PUNCTforSCONJitPRONcontainsVERBallDETtheirPRONbeautyNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJaddsVERBanotherDETofADPitsPRONownADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ButbutCCONJ_3 saidcc
2hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 saidnsubj
3saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4::PUNCT_5 Beautypunct
5BeautybeautyNOUNNumber=Sing12 heavennsubj
6,,PUNCT_7 lovelypunct
7lovelylovelyADJDegree=Pos5 Beautyamod
8atatADP_9 nightcase
9nightnightNOUNNumber=Sing7 lovelyobl
10isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin12 heavencop
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 heavendet
12heavenheavenNOUNNumber=Sing3 saidccomp
13withwithADP_15 starscase
14itsitsPRONCase=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs15 starsnmod:poss
15starsstarNOUNNumber=Plur12 heavennmod
16,,PUNCT_18 lovelierpunct
17butbutCCONJ_18 loveliercc
18lovelierlovelyADJDegree=Cmp3 saidnsubj
19stillstillADV_23 seaadvmod
20thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art23 seadet
21darkdarkADJDegree=Pos23 seaamod
22blueblueADJDegree=Pos23 seaamod
23seaseaNOUNNumber=Sing18 lovelierobl
24,,PUNCT_29 reflectedpunct
25ininADP_26 whichcase
26whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel29 reflectedobl
27theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs29 reflectednsubj
28arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin29 reflectedaux:pass
29reflectedreflectVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass18 lovelierparataxis
30,,PUNCT_33 containspunct
31forforSCONJ_33 containsmark
32ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs33 containsnsubj
33containscontainVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin29 reflectedparataxis
34allallDETPronType=Tot36 beautydet:predet
35theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs36 beautynmod:poss
36beautybeautyNOUNNumber=Sing33 containsobj
37,,PUNCT_39 addspunct
38andandCCONJ_39 addscc
39addsaddVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin33 containsconj
40anotheranotherDETPronType=Ind39 addsobj
41ofofADP_43 owncase
42itsitsPRONCase=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs43 ownnmod:poss
43ownownADJDegree=Pos40 anothernmod
44..PUNCT_3 saidpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpastmeaningvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2is apresentBeautythe heavenwith Beauty's starstree rules
3reflectpresent · passivestars = starwhich obltree rules
4containpresentBeautystars's beautyvn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot beauty=Theme
5add speech: assertpresentBeauty not said hereanother of Beauty's ownvn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent another=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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