The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 6, sentence 101
So he carried her in his ship, very carefully, closely guarded, to his own city, and shut her in an upper chamber of his house, hoping to prevail on her in course of time, neglecting his affairs.
Who acts: husband · What happens: carry, guard, shut, hope, prevail, neglect · To what, where: name, ship, upper chamber, affairs
This is a sentence of «The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth» by Unknown, A Sleep and a Dream., part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (husband), 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 carried | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 carried | nsubj |
| 3 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 carried | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 ship | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 ship | nmod:poss |
| 7 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 carried | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 guarded | punct |
| 9 | very | very | ADV | _ | 10 carefully | advmod |
| 10 | carefully | carefully | ADV | _ | 13 guarded | advmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 guarded | punct |
| 12 | closely | closely | ADV | _ | 13 guarded | advmod |
| 13 | guarded | guard | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 carried | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 city | punct |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 city | case |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 city | nmod:poss |
| 17 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 city | amod |
| 18 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 guarded | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 shut | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 shut | cc |
| 21 | shut | shut | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 carried | conj |
| 22 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 shut | obj |
| 23 | in | in | ADP | _ | 26 chamber | case |
| 24 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 chamber | det |
| 25 | upper | upper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 chamber | amod |
| 26 | chamber | chamber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 shut | obl |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 house | case |
| 28 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 house | nmod:poss |
| 29 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 chamber | nmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 hoping | punct |
| 31 | hoping | hope | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 21 shut | advcl |
| 32 | to | to | PART | _ | 33 prevail | mark |
| 33 | prevail | prevail | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 31 hoping | xcomp |
| 34 | on | on | ADP | _ | 35 her | case |
| 35 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 prevail | obl |
| 36 | in | in | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 39 time | case |
| 37 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 in | fixed |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 in | fixed |
| 39 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 prevail | obl |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 neglecting | punct |
| 41 | neglecting | neglect | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 31 hoping | conj |
| 42 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 affairs | nmod:poss |
| 43 | affairs | affair | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 neglecting | obj |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 carried | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | past | husband | name | husband's ship | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Value in ship=Location | |||
| 2 | guard | participle | husband not said here | to husband's own city; carefully, closely property | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | shut | past | husband not said here | name | a upper chamber of husband's house | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent she=Patient | |||
| 4 | hope | gerund | husband not said here | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 5 | prevail not said to happen | to-infinitive | husband not said here | time | on name | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on she=Location | |||
| 6 | neglect | gerund | husband not said here | husband's affairs | vn neglect-75.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent affair=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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