The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 5, sentence 61
But this I know, that now I must get back without delay to Indirálayá, and cross, somehow or other, over that sea, and that terrible desert, and through that hideous wood, and tell my story to the King, and claim my bride.
Who acts: this, I · What happens: know, get back, tell, claim · To what, where: that, story, King, bride · 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 (this, 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 10 get | cc |
| 2 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 know | nsubj |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 know | nsubj |
| 4 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 get | parataxis |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 know | punct |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 know | obj |
| 7 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 know | advmod |
| 8 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 get | nsubj |
| 9 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 get | aux |
| 10 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 11 | back | back | ADV | _ | 10 get | advmod |
| 12 | without | without | ADP | _ | 13 delay | case |
| 13 | delay | delay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 get | obl |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 Indirálayá | case |
| 15 | Indirálayá | Indirálayá | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 delay | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 cross | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 cross | cc |
| 18 | cross | cross | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 delay | conj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 somehow | punct |
| 20 | somehow | somehow | ADV | _ | 18 cross | advmod |
| 21 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 22 other | cc |
| 22 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 somehow | conj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 sea | punct |
| 24 | over | over | ADP | _ | 26 sea | case |
| 25 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 26 sea | det |
| 26 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 get | parataxis |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 desert | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 desert | cc |
| 29 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 31 desert | mark |
| 30 | terrible | terrible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 desert | amod |
| 31 | desert | desert | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 get | parataxis |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 wood | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 wood | cc |
| 34 | through | through | ADP | _ | 37 wood | case |
| 35 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 37 wood | det |
| 36 | hideous | hideous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 wood | amod |
| 37 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 desert | conj |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 tell | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 tell | cc |
| 40 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 get | conj |
| 41 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 story | nmod:poss |
| 42 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 tell | obj |
| 43 | to | to | ADP | _ | 45 King | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 King | det |
| 45 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 story | nmod |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 claim | punct |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 claim | cc |
| 48 | claim | claim | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 40 tell | advcl |
| 49 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 50 bride | nmod:poss |
| 50 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 claim | obj |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 get | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | present | this | that | now | I nsubj | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | ||
| 2 | get back | must | I | without delay to Indirálayá and cross; that sea parataxis; terrible desert and that hideous wood parataxis | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | I not said here | my story | the King | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Topic to king=Recipient | |||
| 4 | claim speech: other | infinitive | I not said here | my bride | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent bride=Topic |
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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