The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 5, sentence 58
And as he gazed into vacancy, he saw before him the blue ocean of the eyes of Shrí; and his memory echoed with faint murmurs of the sound of drums and the voices of criers; and they filled his soul with whispers coming from an infinite distance across the years of separation, until at length the sun rose.
Who acts: moon, memory, criers, whispers, sun · What happens: gaze, see, echo, fill, come, rise · To what, where: blue ocean, soul, length, sound
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 (moon, memory, criers, whispers), 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 | _ | 9 saw | cc |
| 2 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 4 gazed | mark |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gazed | nsubj |
| 4 | gazed | gaze | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 saw | advcl |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 6 vacancy | case |
| 6 | vacancy | vacancy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gazed | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 gazed | punct |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 saw | nsubj |
| 9 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | before | before | ADP | _ | 11 him | case |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 saw | obl |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 ocean | det |
| 13 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 ocean | amod |
| 14 | ocean | ocean | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 saw | obj |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 eyes | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 eyes | det |
| 17 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 ocean | nmod |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 Shrí | case |
| 19 | Shrí | Shrí | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 eyes | nmod |
| 20 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 24 echoed | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 echoed | cc |
| 22 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 memory | nmod:poss |
| 23 | memory | memory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 echoed | nsubj |
| 24 | echoed | echo | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 saw | conj |
| 25 | with | with | ADP | _ | 27 murmurs | case |
| 26 | faint | faint | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 murmurs | amod |
| 27 | murmurs | murmur | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 echoed | obl |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 sound | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 sound | det |
| 30 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 murmurs | nmod |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 drums | case |
| 32 | drums | drum | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 sound | nmod |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 voices | cc |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 voices | det |
| 35 | voices | voice | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 drums | conj |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 criers | case |
| 37 | criers | crier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 voices | nmod |
| 38 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 41 filled | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 filled | cc |
| 40 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 filled | nsubj |
| 41 | filled | fill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 saw | parataxis |
| 42 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 soul | nmod:poss |
| 43 | soul | soul | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 filled | obj |
| 44 | with | with | ADP | _ | 45 whispers | case |
| 45 | whispers | whisper | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 filled | obl |
| 46 | coming | come | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 45 whispers | acl |
| 47 | from | from | ADP | _ | 50 distance | case |
| 48 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 50 distance | det |
| 49 | infinite | infinite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 distance | amod |
| 50 | distance | distance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 coming | obl |
| 51 | across | across | ADP | _ | 53 years | case |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 years | det |
| 53 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 46 coming | obl |
| 54 | of | of | ADP | _ | 55 separation | case |
| 55 | separation | separation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 years | nmod |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 rose | punct |
| 57 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 62 rose | mark |
| 58 | at | at | ADP | _ | 59 length | case |
| 59 | length | length | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 rose | obl |
| 60 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 61 sun | det |
| 61 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 rose | nsubj |
| 62 | rose | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 filled | conj |
| 63 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 saw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gaze | past | moon | into vacancy | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into vacancy=Theme | ||||
| 2 | see | past | moon | the blue ocean of the eyes of Shrí | before Indirálayá | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ocean=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | echo | past | moon's memory | with faint murmurs of the sound of drums and the voices of criers | vn sound_existence-47.4 «NP.location V NP.theme»: agent=Location with murmur=Theme | ||||
| 4 | fill | past | criers = crier | moon's soul | with whispers | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent soul=Patient with whisper=Instrument | |||
| 5 | come | gerund | whispers not said here | year | from a infinite distance | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from distance=Initial_Location | |||
| 6 | rise | past | the sun | length | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at length=Location | ||||
| 7 | murmur | the sound of drums and the voices of criers | nom murmur «event 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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