The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 5, sentence 78
For I endured separation, when union seemed at a distance, with ease: but now that the moment of re-union approaches, my heart is breaking: every moment seems an age: and if you delay long, I cannot endure.
Who acts: I, union, moment, you · What happens: endure, seem, break, delay, not endure · To what, where: separation, age
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 (I, union, moment, you), 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 | For | for | SCONJ | _ | 3 endured | mark |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 endured | nsubj |
| 3 | endured | endure | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | separation | separation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 endured | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 seemed | punct |
| 6 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 seemed | advmod |
| 7 | union | union | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 seemed | nsubj |
| 8 | seemed | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 endured | conj |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 distance | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 distance | det |
| 11 | distance | distance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 seemed | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 ease | punct |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 ease | case |
| 14 | ease | ease | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 seemed | obl |
| 15 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 28 breaking | punct |
| 16 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 28 breaking | cc |
| 17 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 28 breaking | advmod |
| 18 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 28 breaking | mark |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 moment | det |
| 20 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 breaking | nsubj |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 approaches | case |
| 22 | re-union | re-union | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 approaches | compound |
| 23 | approaches | approach | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 moment | nmod |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 moment | punct |
| 25 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 heart | nmod:poss |
| 26 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 breaking | nsubj |
| 27 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 28 breaking | aux |
| 28 | breaking | break | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 endured | advcl |
| 29 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 32 seems | punct |
| 30 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 31 moment | det |
| 31 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 seems | nsubj |
| 32 | seems | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 28 breaking | advcl |
| 33 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 34 age | det |
| 34 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 seems | obj |
| 35 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 45 endure | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 endure | cc |
| 37 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 39 delay | mark |
| 38 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 39 delay | nsubj |
| 39 | delay | delay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 45 endure | advcl |
| 40 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 delay | xcomp |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 delay | punct |
| 42 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 45 endure | nsubj |
| 43 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 45 endure | aux |
| 44 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 45 endure | advmod |
| 45 | endure | endure | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 32 seems | conj |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 endured | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | endure | past | I | separation | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme separation=Circumstance | ||||
| 2 | seem | past | union | at a distance; with ease | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | break | present · progressive | the moment of re-union approaches | now | my heart nsubj | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | |||
| 4 | seem | present | every moment | a age | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme age=Attribute | ||||
| 5 | delay a condition, not said to happen | present | you | long property | vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | not endure | can | I | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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