The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 6, sentence 13
And he staggered on, like a wooden doll, on feet that moved of their own accord, till as before he reached the tank, and sank down upon the ground, knowing neither where he was nor what he did, puzzled about the quarters of the world[1].
Who acts: sight, feet · What happens: stagger, move, reach, sink down, know, be · To what, where: tank
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 (sight, feet), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 staggered | cc |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 staggered | nsubj |
| 3 | staggered | stagger | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADV | _ | 3 staggered | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 doll | punct |
| 6 | like | like | ADP | _ | 9 doll | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 doll | det |
| 8 | wooden | wooden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 doll | amod |
| 9 | doll | doll | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 staggered | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 feet | punct |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 feet | case |
| 12 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 doll | conj |
| 13 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 moved | nsubj |
| 14 | moved | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 feet | acl:relcl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 accord | case |
| 16 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 accord | nmod:poss |
| 17 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 accord | amod |
| 18 | accord | accord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 moved | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 reached | punct |
| 20 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 24 reached | mark |
| 21 | as | as | ADV | _ | 24 reached | advmod |
| 22 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 24 reached | mark |
| 23 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 reached | nsubj |
| 24 | reached | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 staggered | conj |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 tank | det |
| 26 | tank | tank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 reached | obj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 sank | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 sank | cc |
| 29 | sank | sink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 staggered | parataxis |
| 30 | down | down | ADV | _ | 29 sank | advmod |
| 31 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 33 ground | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 ground | det |
| 33 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 sank | obl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 knowing | punct |
| 35 | knowing | know | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 29 sank | advcl |
| 36 | neither | neither | ADV | _ | 37 where | advmod |
| 37 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 35 knowing | ccomp |
| 38 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 what | nsubj |
| 39 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 what | cop |
| 40 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 41 what | cc |
| 41 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 37 where | conj |
| 42 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 did | nsubj |
| 43 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 what | acl:relcl |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 puzzled | punct |
| 45 | puzzled | puzzle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 41 what | acl:relcl |
| 46 | about | about | ADP | _ | 48 quarters | case |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 quarters | det |
| 48 | quarters | quarter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 45 puzzled | obl |
| 49 | of | of | ADP | _ | 51 world | case |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 world | det |
| 51 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 quarters | nmod |
| 52 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 53 1 | punct |
| 53 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 45 puzzled | flat |
| 54 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 53 1 | punct |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 staggered | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stagger | past | sight | like a wooden doll and feet | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | move | past | feet | of feet's own accord | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme of accord=Trajectory | ||||
| 3 | reach | past | sight | the tank | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent tank=Theme | ||||
| 4 | sink down | past | upon the ground; down property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 5 | know | gerund | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 6 | is a | past | sight | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | do | past | sight | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 8 | puzzle | participle | about the quarters of the world; 1 flat | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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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