The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 4, sentence 55
And as he closed his eyes for fear, he saw before him the blue scorn in the eyes of Shrí, and the sound of her laughter and the noise of the drums and the voices of the criers boomed in his ear, and drowned Ulupí's spell.
Who acts: light, drums, Ulupí · What happens: close, see, boom, drown, noise, spell · To what, where: eyes, blue scorn, criers, ear, spell
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 (light, drums, Ulupí), 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 | _ | 11 saw | cc |
| 2 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 4 closed | mark |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 closed | nsubj |
| 4 | closed | close | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 saw | advcl |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 6 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 closed | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 fear | case |
| 8 | fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 closed | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 closed | punct |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 saw | nsubj |
| 11 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | before | before | ADP | _ | 13 him | case |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 saw | obl |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 scorn | det |
| 15 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 scorn | amod |
| 16 | scorn | scorn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 saw | obj |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 eyes | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 eyes | det |
| 19 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 scorn | nmod |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 Shrí | case |
| 21 | Shrí | Shrí | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 eyes | nmod |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 sound | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 sound | cc |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 sound | det |
| 25 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 saw | obl |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 laughter | case |
| 27 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 laughter | nmod:poss |
| 28 | laughter | laughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 sound | nmod |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 noise | cc |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 noise | det |
| 31 | noise | noise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 sound | conj |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 drums | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 drums | det |
| 34 | drums | drum | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 noise | nmod |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 voices | cc |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 voices | det |
| 37 | voices | voice | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 drums | conj |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 criers | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 criers | det |
| 40 | criers | crier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 voices | nmod |
| 41 | boomed | boom | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 40 criers | acl |
| 42 | in | in | ADP | _ | 44 ear | case |
| 43 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 ear | nmod:poss |
| 44 | ear | ear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 boomed | obl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 drowned | punct |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 drowned | cc |
| 47 | drowned | drown | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 saw | conj |
| 48 | Ulupí | Ulupí | PROPN | Number=Sing | 50 spell | nmod:poss |
| 49 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 48 Ulupí | case |
| 50 | spell | spell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 drowned | obj |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 saw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | close | past | light | light's eyes | for fear | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | |||
| 2 | see | past | light | the blue scorn | the eyes of Shrí | before Singh | the sound of cloud's laughter and the noise of the drums and the voices of the criers obl | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer scorn=Stimulus | |
| 3 | boom | participle | the criers not said here | light's ear | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in ear=Location | ||||
| 4 | drown | past | light not said here | Ulupí's spell | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spell=Patient | ||||
| 5 | noise | the drums and the voices of the criers | nom noise «event intransitive»: of=agent | ||||||
| 6 | spell | Ulupí | nom spell «state 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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