The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 6, sentence 106
Now by the ordinance of fate it so happened, that at that moment the King of that city was passing by on his elephant.
Who acts: it, King · What happens: happen, pass, ordain · To what, where: that, moment, fate
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 (it, 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 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 happened | advmod |
| 2 | by | by | ADP | _ | 4 ordinance | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 ordinance | det |
| 4 | ordinance | ordinance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 happened | obl |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 fate | case |
| 6 | fate | fate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ordinance | nmod |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 happened | nsubj |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 happened | advmod |
| 9 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 that | punct |
| 11 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 happened | obl |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 moment | case |
| 13 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 14 moment | det |
| 14 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 happened | obl |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 King | det |
| 16 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 passing | nsubj |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 city | case |
| 18 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 19 city | det |
| 19 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 King | nmod |
| 20 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 passing | aux |
| 21 | passing | pass | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 moment | acl:relcl |
| 22 | by | by | ADP | _ | 25 elephant | case |
| 23 | on | on | ADP | _ | 25 elephant | case |
| 24 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 elephant | nmod:poss |
| 25 | elephant | elephant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 passing | obl |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 happened | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | past | it | that | now; moment | by the ordinance of fate | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by ordinance=Location | ||
| 2 | pass | past · progressive | the King of that city | that moment not said here | by King's elephant | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent moment=Theme by elephant=Destination | |||
| 3 | ordain | fate | nom ordinance «communication 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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