The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 6, sentence 25
And he went from village to village, and from city to city, asking everywhere of all whom he met: Have you seen Shrí, my wife? you will know her by her eyes, for they are full of the colour of heaven.
Who acts: sight, you, eyes · What happens: go, ask, meet, have, see, know · To what, where: village, you, Shrí · Speech: someone speaks here
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, you, eyes), 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 went | cc |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 went | nsubj |
| 3 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 village | case |
| 5 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 went | obl |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 village | case |
| 7 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 went | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 city | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 city | cc |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 city | case |
| 11 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 went | obl |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 city | case |
| 13 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 city | nmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 asking | punct |
| 15 | asking | ask | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 went | advcl |
| 16 | everywhere | everywhere | ADV | PronType=Tot | 19 whom | advmod |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 whom | case |
| 18 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 19 whom | nsubj |
| 19 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 asking | obj |
| 20 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 met | nsubj |
| 21 | met | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 whom | acl:relcl |
| 22 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 23 Have | punct |
| 23 | Have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 asking | ccomp |
| 24 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 23 Have | obj |
| 25 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 23 Have | xcomp |
| 26 | Shrí | Shrí | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 seen | obj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 wife | punct |
| 28 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 wife | nmod:poss |
| 29 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 Have | parataxis |
| 30 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 29 wife | punct |
| 31 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 33 know | nsubj |
| 32 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 33 know | aux |
| 33 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 wife | acl:relcl |
| 34 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 know | obj |
| 35 | by | by | ADP | _ | 37 eyes | case |
| 36 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 37 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 know | obl |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 full | punct |
| 39 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 42 full | mark |
| 40 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 full | nsubj |
| 41 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 42 full | cop |
| 42 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 Have | parataxis |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 colour | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 colour | det |
| 45 | colour | colour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 full | obl |
| 46 | of | of | ADP | _ | 47 heaven | case |
| 47 | heaven | heaven | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 colour | nmod |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | sight | village | to village; from city to city | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from village=Initial_Location to village=Destination | |||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | gerund | sight not said here | whom obj | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent whom=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | meet | past | sight | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | have | infinitive | you | my wife parataxis | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | see | participle | you not said here | Shrí | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shrí=Stimulus | ||||
| 6 | know | future | you | Shrí | by Shrí's eyes | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | |||
| 7 | is | present | eyes = eye | of the colour of heaven; full property | tree rules |
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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