The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 4, sentence 7

And my subjects shall beset thee with illusions, like the sins of thy former birth in visible form; and there wait for thee the Night-walkers, Ulupí, and the Cow-killer, and the Hairy Grabber, and the Icy Chiller, and the Flap-eared Buzzer, and the awful Watcher in his pits of sand, and others without number[7]: and even shouldst thou escape them all, and reach the Lotus Land, thou hast still to return.

Who acts: subjects, thou · What happens: beset, wait, ear, escape, reach, have · To what, where: thee, Night walkers, subjects, Lotus Land

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 (subjects, thou), 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	_	5 beset	cc
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 subjects	nmod:poss
3	subjects	subject	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 beset	nsubj
4	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 beset	aux
5	beset	beset	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	5 beset	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 illusions	case
8	illusions	illusion	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 beset	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 sins	punct
10	like	like	ADP	_	12 sins	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sins	det
12	sins	sin	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 illusions	conj
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 birth	case
14	thy	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	16 birth	nmod:poss
15	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 birth	amod
16	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sins	nmod
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 form	case
18	visible	visible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 form	amod
19	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 birth	nmod
20	;	;	PUNCT	_	23 wait	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 wait	cc
22	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	23 wait	expl
23	wait	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 beset	conj
24	for	for	ADP	_	25 thee	case
25	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	23 wait	obl
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 walkers	det
27	Night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 walkers	compound
28	-	-	PUNCT	_	27 Night	punct
29	walkers	walker	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 wait	obl:unmarked
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 Ulupí	punct
31	Ulupí	Ulupí	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 wait	obl
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 killer	punct
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 killer	cc
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 killer	det
35	Cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 killer	compound
36	-	-	PUNCT	_	35 Cow	punct
37	killer	killer	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 wait	obl
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 Grabber	punct
39	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 Grabber	cc
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 Grabber	det
41	Hairy	hairy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 Grabber	amod
42	Grabber	grabber	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 wait	obl
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 Chiller	punct
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 Chiller	cc
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 Chiller	det
46	Icy	Icy	PROPN	Number=Sing	47 Chiller	compound
47	Chiller	Chiller	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 wait	obl
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 Buzzer	punct
49	and	and	CCONJ	_	54 Buzzer	cc
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 Buzzer	det
51	Flap	flap	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 eared	compound
52	-	-	PUNCT	_	51 Flap	punct
53	eared	ear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	54 Buzzer	amod
54	Buzzer	buzzer	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 Chiller	appos
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 Watcher	punct
56	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 Watcher	cc
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 Watcher	det
58	awful	awful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 Watcher	amod
59	Watcher	Watcher	PROPN	Number=Sing	47 Chiller	conj
60	in	in	ADP	_	62 pits	case
61	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	62 pits	nmod:poss
62	pits	pit	NOUN	Number=Plur	59 Watcher	nmod
63	of	of	ADP	_	64 sand	case
64	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 pits	nmod
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 others	punct
66	and	and	CCONJ	_	67 others	cc
67	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	59 Watcher	nmod
68	without	without	ADP	_	69 number	case
69	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 others	nmod
70	[	[	PUNCT	_	71 7	punct
71	7	7	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	69 number	appos
72	]	]	PUNCT	_	71 7	punct
73	:	:	PUNCT	_	78 escape	punct
74	and	and	CCONJ	_	78 escape	cc
75	even	even	ADV	_	78 escape	advmod
76	shouldst	should	AUX	Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin	78 escape	aux
77	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	78 escape	nsubj
78	escape	escape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	59 Watcher	parataxis
79	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	78 escape	obj
80	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	79 them	nmod:unmarked
81	,	,	PUNCT	_	83 reach	punct
82	and	and	CCONJ	_	83 reach	cc
83	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	78 escape	conj
84	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	86 Land	det
85	Lotus	Lotus	PROPN	Number=Sing	86 Land	compound
86	Land	Land	PROPN	Number=Sing	83 reach	obj
87	,	,	PUNCT	_	89 hast	punct
88	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	89 hast	nsubj
89	hast	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	78 escape	conj
90	still	still	ADV	_	89 hast	advmod
91	to	to	PART	_	92 return	mark
92	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	89 hast	xcomp
93	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 beset	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beset	shall	my subjects	thee			with illusions and the sins of thy former birth in visible form	tree rules
2	wait	present	my subjects not said here	the Night walkers	there		for thee; Ulupí obl; the Cow killer obl; the Hairy Grabber obl; the Icy Chiller and the awful Watcher in Ulupí's pits of sand others without number obl	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	ear	participle					Flap compound	tree rules
4	escape	should	thou	subjects = subject				vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Initial_Location
5	reach	infinitive	thou not said here	the Lotus Land				vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent land=Theme
6	have	present	thou			still		tree rules
7	return	to-infinitive	thou not said here					vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 4, sentence 7