The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 6, sentence 14
And like a man, out of whose universe the sun and moon and the five elements with their compounds have withdrawn, leaving him alone in the centre of empty space, he lay motionless, plunged in stupor, with dry eyes.
Who acts: five elements, sight, elements · What happens: withdraw, leave, lie, plunge, compound · To what, where: compounds, sight, centre
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 (five elements, sight, elements), 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 | _ | 4 man | cc |
| 2 | like | like | ADP | _ | 4 man | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 man | det |
| 4 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 universe | punct |
| 6 | out | out | ADP | _ | 9 universe | case |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 universe | case |
| 8 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 9 universe | nmod:poss |
| 9 | universe | universe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 man | nmod |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 sun | det |
| 11 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 universe | conj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 moon | cc |
| 13 | moon | moon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 sun | conj |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 elements | cc |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 elements | det |
| 16 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 17 elements | nummod |
| 17 | elements | element | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 sun | conj |
| 18 | with | with | SCONJ | _ | 22 withdrawn | mark |
| 19 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 compounds | nmod:poss |
| 20 | compounds | compound | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 withdrawn | nsubj:pass |
| 21 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 withdrawn | aux |
| 22 | withdrawn | withdraw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 elements | acl:relcl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 leaving | punct |
| 24 | leaving | leave | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 22 withdrawn | advcl |
| 25 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 leaving | obj |
| 26 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 24 leaving | advmod |
| 27 | in | in | ADP | _ | 29 centre | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 centre | det |
| 29 | centre | centre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 leaving | obl |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 space | case |
| 31 | empty | empty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 space | amod |
| 32 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 centre | nmod |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 lay | punct |
| 34 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 lay | nsubj |
| 35 | lay | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 withdrawn | parataxis |
| 36 | motionless | motionless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 lay | xcomp |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 plunged | punct |
| 38 | plunged | plunge | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 35 lay | conj |
| 39 | in | in | ADP | _ | 40 stupor | case |
| 40 | stupor | stupor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 plunged | obl |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 eyes | punct |
| 42 | with | with | ADP | _ | 44 eyes | case |
| 43 | dry | dry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 eyes | amod |
| 44 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 plunged | obl |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 man | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | withdraw | present · perfect · passive | the five elements not said here | elements's compounds | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | leave | gerund | the five elements not said here | sight | the centre of empty space | alone property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme in centre=Location | ||
| 3 | lie | past | sight | motionless property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | plunge | participle | sight not said here | with dry eyes; in stupor | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in stupor=Attribute | ||||
| 6 | compound | elements = element | nom compound «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
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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