The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 5, sentence 10

For he died yesterday, in the Land of the Lotus of the Sun. And now we must bear him ever onward swiftly to his own country, that the funeral ceremonies may duly be performed.

Who acts: king, we · What happens: die, bear, perform · To what, where: king, funeral ceremonies

This is a sentence of «The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth» by Unknown, A Sleep and a Dream., part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, we), 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	For	for	ADP	_	3 died	case
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 died	nsubj
3	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	yesterday	yesterday	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 died	obl:unmarked
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 Land	punct
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 Land	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Land	det
8	Land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 died	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 Lotus	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Lotus	det
11	Lotus	Lotus	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Land	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 Sun.	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Sun.	det
14	Sun.	Sunday	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Lotus	nmod
15	And	and	CCONJ	_	19 bear	cc
16	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	19 bear	advmod
17	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	19 bear	nsubj
18	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 bear	aux
19	bear	bear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 died	conj
20	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 bear	obj
21	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	22 onward	advmod
22	onward	onward	ADV	_	19 bear	advmod
23	swiftly	swiftly	ADV	_	19 bear	advmod
24	to	to	ADP	_	27 country	case
25	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 country	nmod:poss
26	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 country	amod
27	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 bear	obl
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 performed	punct
29	that	that	SCONJ	_	36 performed	mark
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 ceremonies	det
31	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 ceremonies	compound
32	ceremonies	ceremony	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 performed	nsubj:pass
33	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	36 performed	aux
34	duly	duly	ADV	_	36 performed	advmod
35	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	36 performed	aux:pass
36	performed	perform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 died	advcl
37	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 died	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	die	past	king		yesterday	in the Land of the Lotus of the Sun.	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in land=Attribute
2	bear	must	we	king	now; ever	to king's own country; onward, swiftly property	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
3	perform	may · passive		the funeral ceremonies		duly property	vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: subject=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 5, sentence 10