The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 6, sentence 23
Therefore now I will wander away over the wide world, and spend my life in seeking her: for but this, nothing is left in life, and the hope of reunion is like the back of the Great Tortoise, my solitary refuge in the wreck of the three worlds.
Who acts: I, hope, reunion · What happens: wander, spend, seek, leave, be, hope · To what, where: life, bride, nothing, three worlds
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 (I, hope, reunion), 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 | Therefore | therefore | ADV | _ | 5 wander | advmod |
| 2 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 wander | advmod |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 wander | nsubj |
| 4 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 wander | aux |
| 5 | wander | wander | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | away | away | ADV | _ | 5 wander | advmod |
| 7 | over | over | ADP | _ | 10 world | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 world | det |
| 9 | wide | wide | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 world | amod |
| 10 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 away | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 spend | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 spend | cc |
| 13 | spend | spend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 wander | conj |
| 14 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 life | nmod:poss |
| 15 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 spend | obj |
| 16 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 17 seeking | mark |
| 17 | seeking | seek | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 13 spend | advcl |
| 18 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 seeking | obj |
| 19 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 26 left | punct |
| 20 | for | for | ADP | _ | 22 this | case |
| 21 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 22 this | cc |
| 22 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 24 nothing | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 this | punct |
| 24 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 26 left | nsubj:pass |
| 25 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 left | aux:pass |
| 26 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 wander | conj |
| 27 | in | in | ADP | _ | 28 life | case |
| 28 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 left | obl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 back | punct |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 back | cc |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 hope | det |
| 32 | hope | hope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 back | nsubj |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 reunion | case |
| 34 | reunion | reunion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 hope | nmod |
| 35 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 38 back | cop |
| 36 | like | like | ADP | _ | 38 back | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 back | det |
| 38 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 left | obl |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 Tortoise | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 Tortoise | det |
| 41 | Great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 Tortoise | amod |
| 42 | Tortoise | tortoise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 back | nmod |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 refuge | punct |
| 44 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 refuge | nmod:poss |
| 45 | solitary | solitary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 refuge | amod |
| 46 | refuge | refuge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 left | obl |
| 47 | in | in | ADP | _ | 49 wreck | case |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 wreck | det |
| 49 | wreck | wreck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 refuge | nmod |
| 50 | of | of | ADP | _ | 53 worlds | case |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 worlds | det |
| 52 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 53 worlds | nummod |
| 53 | worlds | world | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 wreck | nmod |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 wander | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wander | future | I | now | away, therefore property | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | spend | infinitive | I not said here | my life | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Asset | ||||
| 3 | seek | gerund | I not said here | bride | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ||||
| 4 | leave | present · passive | nothing for this | life | my solitary refuge in the wreck of the three worlds obl | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in life=Location | |||
| 5 | is | present | the hope of reunion | like the back; of the Great Tortoise | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | hope | reunion | nom hope «feeling intransitive»: of=agent | ||||||
| 7 | wreck | the three worlds | nom wreck «state 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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