The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 4, sentence 84
And he said to himself: Is this merely an illusion, or rather, is not this wood well named, being in very truth the matted hair of the great god, with these trees for hairs, and this water for the Ganges that wanders among them[1], and yonder moon the very ornament of the moon-crested god?
Who acts: mist, this, truth, that, moon · What happens: say, be, not be, name, mat, wander · To what, where: mist, illusion, wood, truth, hair, 1 · 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 (mist, this, truth, that), 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 | _ | 11 illusion | punct |
| 7 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 illusion | cop |
| 8 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 11 illusion | nsubj |
| 9 | merely | merely | ADV | _ | 11 illusion | advmod |
| 10 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 illusion | det |
| 11 | illusion | illusion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 said | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 wood | punct |
| 13 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 19 wood | cc |
| 14 | rather | rather | ADV | _ | 19 wood | advmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 rather | punct |
| 16 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 wood | cop |
| 17 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 19 wood | advmod |
| 18 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 19 wood | det |
| 19 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 illusion | conj |
| 20 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 21 named | advmod |
| 21 | named | name | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 19 wood | acl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 truth | punct |
| 23 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 26 truth | cop |
| 24 | in | in | ADP | _ | 26 truth | case |
| 25 | very | very | ADV | _ | 26 truth | advmod |
| 26 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 illusion | parataxis |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 matted | det |
| 28 | matted | mat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 truth | acl:relcl |
| 29 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 matted | obj |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 god | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 god | det |
| 32 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 god | amod |
| 33 | god | god | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 hair | nmod |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 trees | punct |
| 35 | with | with | ADP | _ | 37 trees | case |
| 36 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 37 trees | det |
| 37 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 illusion | nmod |
| 38 | for | for | ADP | _ | 39 hairs | case |
| 39 | hairs | hair | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 trees | nmod |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 water | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 water | cc |
| 42 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 43 water | det |
| 43 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 illusion | conj |
| 44 | for | for | ADP | _ | 46 Ganges | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 Ganges | det |
| 46 | Ganges | Ganges | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 water | nmod |
| 47 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 48 wanders | nsubj |
| 48 | wanders | wander | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 43 water | parataxis |
| 49 | among | among | ADP | _ | 50 them | case |
| 50 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 48 wanders | obl |
| 51 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 52 1 | punct |
| 52 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 48 wanders | obl |
| 53 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 52 1 | punct |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 ornament | punct |
| 55 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 60 ornament | cc |
| 56 | yonder | yonder | ADV | _ | 57 moon | advmod |
| 57 | moon | moon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 ornament | nsubj |
| 58 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 ornament | det |
| 59 | very | very | ADV | _ | 60 ornament | advmod |
| 60 | ornament | ornament | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 illusion | conj |
| 61 | of | of | ADP | _ | 66 god | case |
| 62 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 66 god | det |
| 63 | moon | moon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 crested | compound |
| 64 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 63 moon | punct |
| 65 | crested | crest | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 66 god | amod |
| 66 | god | god | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 ornament | nmod |
| 67 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | mist | mist | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | this | a illusion or this wood and this water for the Ganges and the ornament | with this trees for hairs; this water for the Ganges conj; merely property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | not is a | present | this not said here | this wood | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | name | participle | this wood not said here | well property | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | is | gerund | truth | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | mat | past | truth not said here | hair of the great god | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | wander | present | that | 1 | among trees = tree | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme among they=Trajectory | |||
| 8 | ornament | moon | of the crested god | tree rules | |||||
| 9 | crest | participle | moon compound | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: 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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