The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 6, sentence 114
So the _mahout_ brought the elephant under the window, and Shrí let herself fall from the window on to his back.
Who acts: mahout, Shrí · What happens: bring, let, fall · To what, where: elephant, window, mahout
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 (mahout, Shrí), 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 | _ | 6 brought | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 mahout | det |
| 3 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 4 mahout | punct |
| 4 | mahout | mahout | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 brought | nsubj |
| 5 | _ | _ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 mahout | appos |
| 6 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 elephant | det |
| 8 | elephant | elephant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 brought | obj |
| 9 | under | under | ADP | _ | 11 window | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 window | det |
| 11 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 brought | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 let | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 let | cc |
| 14 | Shrí | Shrí | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 let | nsubj |
| 15 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 brought | conj |
| 16 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 15 let | obj |
| 17 | fall | fall | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 let | xcomp |
| 18 | from | from | ADP | _ | 20 window | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 window | det |
| 20 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 fall | obl |
| 21 | on | on | ADP | _ | 24 back | case |
| 22 | to | to | ADP | _ | 21 on | fixed |
| 23 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 back | nmod:poss |
| 24 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 fall | obl |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 brought | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | past | the mahout | the elephant | the window | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument elephant=Destination | |||
| 2 | let | past | Shrí | mahout | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | fall | infinitive | mahout not said here | the window | on King's back | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on back=Location |
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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