The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 6, sentence 31
And at last he abandoned altogether the dwellings of men, and wandered continually in the jungle, with no companions but his shadow and his sword, looking in vain for the path by which he had gone on his former journey to the Land of the Lotus, and gazing by day at the pools of blue lotuses, and by night at the heaven with its stars, for they were like mirrors and images of the hues and shadows of the eyes of Shrí.
Who acts: Rajpoot, others · What happens: abandon, wander, look, go, gaze, be · To what, where: last, jungle, vain, former journey, hues, eyes
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 (Rajpoot, others), 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 | _ | 5 abandoned | cc |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 3 last | case |
| 3 | last | last | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 abandoned | obl |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 abandoned | nsubj |
| 5 | abandoned | abandon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | altogether | altogether | ADP | _ | 8 dwellings | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 dwellings | det |
| 8 | dwellings | dwelling | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 abandoned | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 men | case |
| 10 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 dwellings | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 wandered | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 wandered | cc |
| 13 | wandered | wander | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 abandoned | conj |
| 14 | continually | continually | ADV | _ | 13 wandered | advmod |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 jungle | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 jungle | det |
| 17 | jungle | jungle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 wandered | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 companions | punct |
| 19 | with | with | ADP | _ | 21 companions | case |
| 20 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 21 companions | det |
| 21 | companions | companion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 wandered | obl |
| 22 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 24 shadow | cc |
| 23 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 shadow | nmod:poss |
| 24 | shadow | shadow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 companions | conj |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 sword | cc |
| 26 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 sword | nmod:poss |
| 27 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 shadow | conj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 looking | punct |
| 29 | looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 13 wandered | advcl |
| 30 | in | in | ADP | _ | 31 vain | case |
| 31 | vain | vain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 looking | obl |
| 32 | for | for | ADP | _ | 34 path | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 path | det |
| 34 | path | path | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 looking | obl |
| 35 | by | by | ADP | _ | 36 which | case |
| 36 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 39 gone | obl |
| 37 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 gone | nsubj |
| 38 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 gone | aux |
| 39 | gone | go | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 34 path | acl:relcl |
| 40 | on | on | ADP | _ | 43 journey | case |
| 41 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 journey | nmod:poss |
| 42 | former | former | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 journey | amod |
| 43 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 gone | obl |
| 44 | to | to | ADP | _ | 46 Land | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 Land | det |
| 46 | Land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 journey | nmod |
| 47 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 Lotus | case |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 Lotus | det |
| 49 | Lotus | Lotus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 Land | nmod |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 gazing | punct |
| 51 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 52 gazing | cc |
| 52 | gazing | gaze | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 29 looking | conj |
| 53 | by | by | ADP | _ | 54 day | case |
| 54 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 gazing | obl |
| 55 | at | at | ADP | _ | 57 pools | case |
| 56 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 57 pools | det |
| 57 | pools | pool | NOUN | Number=Plur | 52 gazing | obl |
| 58 | of | of | ADP | _ | 60 lotuses | case |
| 59 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 60 lotuses | amod |
| 60 | lotuses | lotus | NOUN | Number=Plur | 57 pools | nmod |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 64 night | punct |
| 62 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 64 night | cc |
| 63 | by | by | ADP | _ | 64 night | case |
| 64 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 abandoned | obl |
| 65 | at | at | ADP | _ | 67 heaven | case |
| 66 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 67 heaven | det |
| 67 | heaven | heaven | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 abandoned | obl |
| 68 | with | with | ADP | _ | 70 stars | case |
| 69 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 70 stars | nmod:poss |
| 70 | stars | star | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 abandoned | obl |
| 71 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 76 mirrors | punct |
| 72 | for | for | ADP | _ | 76 mirrors | case |
| 73 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 76 mirrors | nsubj |
| 74 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 76 mirrors | cop |
| 75 | like | like | ADP | _ | 76 mirrors | case |
| 76 | mirrors | mirror | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 abandoned | obl |
| 77 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 78 images | cc |
| 78 | images | image | NOUN | Number=Plur | 76 mirrors | conj |
| 79 | of | of | ADP | _ | 81 hues | case |
| 80 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 81 hues | det |
| 81 | hues | hue | NOUN | Number=Plur | 78 images | nmod |
| 82 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 83 shadows | cc |
| 83 | shadows | shadow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 81 hues | conj |
| 84 | of | of | ADP | _ | 86 eyes | case |
| 85 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 86 eyes | det |
| 86 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 83 shadows | nmod |
| 87 | of | of | ADP | _ | 88 Shrí | case |
| 88 | Shrí | Shrí | PROPN | Number=Sing | 86 eyes | nmod |
| 89 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 abandoned | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | abandon | past | Rajpoot | last | night | altogether the dwellings of men; at the heaven; with heaven's stars | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme | ||
| 2 | wander | past | Rajpoot not said here | the jungle | with no companions but Rajpoot's shadow and Rajpoot's sword; continually property | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in jungle=Trajectory | |||
| 3 | look | gerund | Rajpoot not said here | vain | for the path | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent in vain=Location for path=Theme | |||
| 4 | go | past · perfect | Rajpoot | Rajpoot's former journey to the Land of the Lotus | by the path | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by which=Location | |||
| 5 | gaze | gerund | Rajpoot not said here | day | at the pools of blue lotuses | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at pool=Theme | |||
| 6 | is | past | others = other | for mirrors and images of the hues and shadows of the eyes of Shrí; images of the hues and shadows of the eyes of Shrí conj | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | shadow | Rajpoot | nom shadow «state transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 8 | journey | Rajpoot | to the Land of the Lotus | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent to=obl | |||||
| 9 | image | the hues and shadows of the eyes of Shrí | nom image «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 10 | shadow | the eyes of Shrí | nom shadow «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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