The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 5, sentence 54
So he stood, like a picture on a wall, gazing in silence at the face of Shrí, while the night wore away, and the moon travelled on, and the nectar from the moonstones fell slowly, drop by drop, upon the ground, and the shadows moved round upon the floor.
Who acts: Indirálayá, night, moon, nectar, shadows · What happens: stand, gaze, wear away, travel, fall, drop · To what, where: ground, floor
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 (Indirálayá, night, moon, nectar), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 3 stood | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 stood | nsubj |
| 3 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 picture | punct |
| 5 | like | like | ADP | _ | 7 picture | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 picture | det |
| 7 | picture | picture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stood | obl |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 wall | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 wall | det |
| 10 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 picture | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 gazing | punct |
| 12 | gazing | gaze | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 stood | advcl |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 silence | case |
| 14 | silence | silence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 gazing | obl |
| 15 | at | at | ADP | _ | 17 face | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 face | det |
| 17 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 gazing | obl |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 Shrí | case |
| 19 | Shrí | Shrí | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 face | nmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 wore | punct |
| 21 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 24 wore | mark |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 night | det |
| 23 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 wore | nsubj |
| 24 | wore | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 stood | parataxis |
| 25 | away | away | ADV | _ | 24 wore | advmod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 travelled | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 travelled | cc |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 moon | det |
| 29 | moon | moon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 travelled | nsubj |
| 30 | travelled | travel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 stood | conj |
| 31 | on | on | ADV | _ | 30 travelled | advmod |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 fell | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 fell | cc |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 nectar | det |
| 35 | nectar | nectar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 fell | nsubj |
| 36 | from | from | ADP | _ | 38 moonstones | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 moonstones | det |
| 38 | moonstones | moonstone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 nectar | nmod |
| 39 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 stood | conj |
| 40 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 39 fell | advmod |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 drop | punct |
| 42 | drop | drop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 39 fell | xcomp |
| 43 | by | by | ADP | _ | 44 drop | case |
| 44 | drop | drop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 drop | obl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 ground | punct |
| 46 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 48 ground | case |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 ground | det |
| 48 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 drop | obl |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 moved | punct |
| 50 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 53 moved | cc |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 shadows | det |
| 52 | shadows | shadow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 53 moved | nsubj |
| 53 | moved | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 stood | conj |
| 54 | round | round | ADV | _ | 53 moved | advmod |
| 55 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 57 floor | case |
| 56 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 57 floor | det |
| 57 | floor | floor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 moved | obl |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 stood | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | past | Indirálayá | like a picture on a wall | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | gaze | gerund | Indirálayá not said here | at the face of Shrí; in silence | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in silence=Theme | ||||
| 3 | wear away | past | the night | away property | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | travel | past | the moon | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | fall | past | the nectar from the moonstones | slowly property | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | ||||
| 6 | drop | infinitive | the nectar from the moonstones not said here | the ground | by drop | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent by drop=Destination upon ground=Initial_Location | |||
| 7 | move | past | the shadows | the floor | round property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme upon floor=Trajectory |
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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