The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 5, sentence 108
And she cried out: Ha! it is the truth: this man has really seen the Land of the Lotus of the Sun. And suddenly, the veil of oblivion was drawn for an instant, and she caught a glimpse of her former birth, and knew her husband again.
Who acts: Shrí, shriek, man · What happens: cry out, be, see, draw, catch, know · To what, where: truth, Land, veil, glimpse, husband, former birth
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 (Shrí, shriek, man), 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 cried | cc |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 cried | nsubj |
| 3 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 3 cried | compound:prt |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 Ha | punct |
| 6 | Ha | Ha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 cried | appos |
| 7 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 6 Ha | punct |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 truth | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 truth | cop |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 truth | det |
| 11 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cried | parataxis |
| 12 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 17 seen | punct |
| 13 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 14 man | det |
| 14 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 seen | nsubj |
| 15 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 seen | aux |
| 16 | really | really | ADV | _ | 17 seen | advmod |
| 17 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 cried | parataxis |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 Land | det |
| 19 | Land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 seen | obj |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 Lotus | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 Lotus | det |
| 22 | Lotus | Lotus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 Land | nmod |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 Sun. | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 Sun. | det |
| 25 | Sun. | Sunday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 Lotus | nmod |
| 26 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 drawn | cc |
| 27 | suddenly | suddenly | ADV | _ | 34 drawn | advmod |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 drawn | punct |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 veil | det |
| 30 | veil | veil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 drawn | nsubj:pass |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 oblivion | case |
| 32 | oblivion | oblivion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 veil | nmod |
| 33 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 drawn | aux:pass |
| 34 | drawn | draw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 seen | conj |
| 35 | for | for | ADP | _ | 37 instant | case |
| 36 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 37 instant | det |
| 37 | instant | instant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 drawn | obl |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 caught | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 caught | cc |
| 40 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 caught | nsubj |
| 41 | caught | catch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 cried | parataxis |
| 42 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 43 glimpse | det |
| 43 | glimpse | glimpse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 caught | obj |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 47 birth | case |
| 45 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 47 birth | nmod:poss |
| 46 | former | former | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 birth | amod |
| 47 | birth | birth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 glimpse | nmod |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 knew | punct |
| 49 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 50 knew | cc |
| 50 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 cried | parataxis |
| 51 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 52 husband | nmod:poss |
| 52 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 knew | obj |
| 53 | again | again | ADV | _ | 50 knew | advmod |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 cried | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cry out speech: express | past | Shrí | Ha appos | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | shriek | the truth | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | see | present · perfect | this man | the Land of the Lotus of the Sun. | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer land=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | draw | past · passive | the veil of oblivion | for a instant; suddenly property | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Result for instant=Beneficiary | ||||
| 5 | catch | past | Shrí | a glimpse of Shrí's former birth | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glimpse=Theme | ||||
| 6 | know | past | Shrí's husband | again | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer husband=Stimulus | ||||
| 7 | glimpse | Shrí's former birth | nom glimpse «act transitive»: of=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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