The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 6, sentence 3

For as they gazed, she grew in beauty, like a waxing moon, and flashed like a great jewel, and dazzled the eyes of all like the brightness of a lamp: and the colour of her wondrous eyes shot from them and streamed about the room, and lit up its walls with glory like that of a setting sun. And seeing it, the King her father was full of joy, for he thought: Now she is going to be married, and I have attained the fruit of my birth.

Who acts: they, she, colour, King, I, setting sun. · What happens: gaze, grow, wax, flash, dazzle, shoot · To what, where: beauty, eyes, walls, sun., fruit

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 (they, she, colour, King), 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	For	for	SCONJ	_	4 gazed	mark
2	as	as	SCONJ	_	4 gazed	mark
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gazed	nsubj
4	gazed	gaze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 grew	advcl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 gazed	punct
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 grew	nsubj
7	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 beauty	case
9	beauty	beauty	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 grew	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 moon	punct
11	like	like	ADP	_	14 moon	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 moon	det
13	waxing	wax	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 moon	amod
14	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 grew	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 flashed	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 flashed	cc
17	flashed	flash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 grew	conj
18	like	like	ADP	_	21 jewel	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 jewel	det
20	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 jewel	amod
21	jewel	jewel	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 flashed	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 dazzled	punct
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 dazzled	cc
24	dazzled	dazzle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 grew	conj
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 eyes	det
26	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 dazzled	obj
27	of	of	ADP	_	28 all	case
28	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	26 eyes	nmod
29	like	like	ADP	_	31 brightness	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 brightness	det
31	brightness	brightness	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 all	nmod
32	of	of	ADP	_	34 lamp	case
33	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	34 lamp	det
34	lamp	lamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 brightness	nmod
35	:	:	PUNCT	_	38 colour	punct
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 colour	cc
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 colour	det
38	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 shot	nsubj
39	of	of	ADP	_	42 eyes	case
40	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	42 eyes	nmod:poss
41	wondrous	wondrous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 eyes	amod
42	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 colour	nmod
43	shot	shoot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 dazzled	parataxis
44	from	from	ADP	_	45 them	case
45	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 shot	obl
46	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 streamed	cc
47	streamed	stream	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	43 shot	conj
48	about	about	ADP	_	50 room	case
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 room	det
50	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 streamed	obl
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 lit	punct
52	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 lit	cc
53	lit	lit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	43 shot	parataxis
54	up	up	ADP	_	53 lit	compound:prt
55	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	56 walls	nmod:poss
56	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 lit	obj
57	with	with	ADP	_	58 glory	case
58	glory	glory	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 lit	obl
59	like	like	ADP	_	60 that	case
60	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	58 glory	nmod
61	of	of	ADP	_	64 sun.	case
62	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	64 sun.	det
63	setting	set	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	64 sun.	amod
64	sun.	sun.	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 glory	nmod
65	And	and	CCONJ	_	66 seeing	cc
66	seeing	see	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	64 sun.	conj
67	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	66 seeing	obj
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 King	punct
69	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	70 King	det
70	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	74 full	nsubj
71	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	72 father	nmod:poss
72	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 full	nsubj
73	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	74 full	cop
74	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	64 sun.	parataxis
75	of	of	ADP	_	76 joy	case
76	joy	joy	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 full	obl
77	,	,	PUNCT	_	80 thought	punct
78	for	for	SCONJ	_	80 thought	mark
79	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	80 thought	nsubj
80	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	53 lit	advcl
81	:	:	PUNCT	_	85 going	punct
82	Now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	85 going	advmod
83	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	85 going	nsubj
84	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	85 going	aux
85	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	43 shot	advcl
86	to	to	PART	_	88 married	mark
87	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	88 married	aux:pass
88	married	marry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	85 going	xcomp
89	,	,	PUNCT	_	93 attained	punct
90	and	and	CCONJ	_	93 attained	cc
91	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	93 attained	nsubj
92	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	93 attained	aux
93	attained	attain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 grew	conj
94	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	95 fruit	det
95	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	93 attained	obj
96	of	of	ADP	_	98 birth	case
97	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	98 birth	nmod:poss
98	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	95 fruit	nmod
99	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 grew	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gaze	past	they					vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
2	grow	past	she		beauty		like a waxing moon	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in beauty=Location
3	wax	gerund						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	flash	participle	she not said here				like a great jewel	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	dazzle	past	she not said here	the eyes of all like the brightness of a lamp				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus eye=Experiencer
6	shoot	past	the colour of colour's wondrous eyes				from eyes = eye	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from they=Initial_Location
7	stream	participle	the colour of colour's wondrous eyes not said here				about the room	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about room=Location
8	lit up	participle		room's walls			with glory like that of a setting sun.	tree rules
9	set	gerund						vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
10	see	gerund		sun.				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
11	is	past	the King				of joy; colour's father nsubj; full property	tree rules
12	think speech: other	past	King					vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
13	go	present · progressive	colour			now		vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
14	marry	to-infinitive · passive	colour not said here					vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»
15	attain	present · perfect	I	the fruit of my birth				vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=Theme
16	glory		a setting sun.				like that	nom glory «state intransitive»: like=obl of=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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The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 6, sentence 3