The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 5, sentence 13
And he said to the Swans: As you carried him hither from that Land of the Lotus of the Sun, so swear now, that you will carry me first back thither, leaving him here till you return: otherwise I will keep him, and cut you to pieces.
Who acts: Umra, you, I · What happens: say, carry, swear, leave, return, keep · To what, where: Swans, Umra, Land, me, you · 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 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Umra, you, I), 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 | _ | 6 Swans | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Swans | det |
| 6 | Swans | swan | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 said | obl |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 carried | punct |
| 8 | As | as | SCONJ | _ | 10 carried | mark |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 carried | nsubj |
| 10 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 said | conj |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 carried | obj |
| 12 | hither | hither | ADV | _ | 10 carried | advmod |
| 13 | from | from | ADP | _ | 15 Land | case |
| 14 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 15 Land | det |
| 15 | Land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 carried | obl |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 Lotus | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 Lotus | det |
| 18 | Lotus | Lotus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 Land | nmod |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 Sun | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 Sun | det |
| 21 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 Lotus | nmod |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 swear | punct |
| 23 | so | so | ADV | _ | 24 swear | advmod |
| 24 | swear | swear | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 said | parataxis |
| 25 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 24 swear | advmod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 carry | punct |
| 27 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 30 carry | mark |
| 28 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 30 carry | nsubj |
| 29 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 30 carry | aux |
| 30 | carry | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 swear | conj |
| 31 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 30 carry | obj |
| 32 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 30 carry | advmod |
| 33 | back | back | ADV | _ | 34 thither | advmod |
| 34 | thither | thither | ADV | _ | 30 carry | advmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 leaving | punct |
| 36 | leaving | leave | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 30 carry | advcl |
| 37 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 leaving | obj |
| 38 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 36 leaving | advmod |
| 39 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 41 return | mark |
| 40 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 41 return | nsubj |
| 41 | return | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 36 leaving | advcl |
| 42 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 46 keep | punct |
| 43 | otherwise | otherwise | ADV | _ | 46 keep | advmod |
| 44 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 46 keep | nsubj |
| 45 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 46 keep | aux |
| 46 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 swear | conj |
| 47 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 keep | obj |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 cut | punct |
| 49 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 50 cut | cc |
| 50 | cut | cut | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 said | parataxis |
| 51 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 50 cut | obj |
| 52 | to | to | ADP | _ | 53 pieces | case |
| 53 | pieces | piece | NOUN | Number=Plur | 50 cut | obl |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Umra | the Swans | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to swan=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | carry | past | you | Umra | that Land of the Lotus of the Sun | hither property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent he=Theme from land=Initial_Location | ||
| 3 | swear | infinitive | now | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | carry | future | you | me | first, thither property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | |||
| 5 | leave | gerund | you not said here | Umra | here | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | |||
| 6 | return | present | you | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 7 | keep | future | I | Umra | otherwise property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | |||
| 8 | cut | past | you | to pieces result | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent you=Patient to piece=Result |
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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