The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 5, sentence 80
But when the King saw Umra-Singh, he looked at him narrowly, and knew him again, for all that he was changed.
Who acts: King · What happens: see, look, know, change · To what, where: Umra, king
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 (King), 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 | _ | 11 looked | cc |
| 2 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 saw | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 King | det |
| 4 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 saw | nsubj |
| 5 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 looked | advcl |
| 6 | Umra | Umra | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 saw | obj |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 Singh | punct |
| 8 | Singh | Singh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Umra | flat |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 saw | punct |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 looked | nsubj |
| 11 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 him | case |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 looked | obl |
| 14 | narrowly | narrowly | ADV | _ | 11 looked | advmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 knew | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 knew | cc |
| 17 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 looked | parataxis |
| 18 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 knew | obj |
| 19 | again | again | ADV | _ | 17 knew | advmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 changed | punct |
| 21 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 26 changed | mark |
| 22 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 26 changed | det:predet |
| 23 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 26 changed | mark |
| 24 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 changed | nsubj |
| 25 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 changed | aux:pass |
| 26 | changed | change | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 knew | conj |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 looked | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | the King | Umra | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer umra=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | look | past | king | at heart; narrowly property | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at he=Theme | ||||
| 3 | know | past | king | again | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | change | past · passive | king | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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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