The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 6, sentence 36
Now in the meanwhile it happened that Maheshwara, as he roamed through the sky with Párwati on his breast, looked down to earth, and caught sight of Umra-Singh wandering in the forest, uttering lamentations, and exclaiming: O Shrí, where art thou hiding?
Who acts: it, Maheshwara, thou · What happens: happen, roam, look down, catch, wonder, utter · To what, where: Maheshwara, meanwhile, sky, sight, forest, lamentations
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 (it, Maheshwara, thou), 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 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 happened | advmod |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 meanwhile | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 meanwhile | det |
| 4 | meanwhile | meanwhile | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 happened | obl |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 happened | nsubj |
| 6 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 Maheshwara | mark |
| 8 | Maheshwara | Maheshwara | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 happened | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 roamed | punct |
| 10 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 12 roamed | mark |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 roamed | nsubj |
| 12 | roamed | roam | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 happened | parataxis |
| 13 | through | through | ADP | _ | 15 sky | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 sky | det |
| 15 | sky | sky | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 roamed | obl |
| 16 | with | with | ADP | _ | 17 Párwati | case |
| 17 | Párwati | Párwati | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 roamed | obl |
| 18 | on | on | ADP | _ | 20 breast | case |
| 19 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 breast | nmod:poss |
| 20 | breast | breast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 roamed | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 looked | punct |
| 22 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 roamed | conj |
| 23 | down | down | ADP | _ | 22 looked | compound:prt |
| 24 | to | to | ADP | _ | 25 earth | case |
| 25 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 looked | obl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 caught | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 caught | cc |
| 28 | caught | catch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 happened | conj |
| 29 | sight | sight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 caught | obj |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 Umra | case |
| 31 | Umra | Umra | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 sight | nmod |
| 32 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 33 Singh | punct |
| 33 | Singh | Singh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 Umra | conj |
| 34 | wandering | wonder | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 28 caught | advcl |
| 35 | in | in | ADP | _ | 37 forest | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 forest | det |
| 37 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 wandering | obl |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 uttering | punct |
| 39 | uttering | utter | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 34 wandering | conj |
| 40 | lamentations | lamentation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 uttering | obj |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 exclaiming | punct |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 exclaiming | cc |
| 43 | exclaiming | exclaim | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 happened | advcl |
| 44 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 46 Shrí | punct |
| 45 | O | O | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 Shrí | compound |
| 46 | Shrí | Shrí | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 exclaiming | obj |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 art | punct |
| 48 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 49 art | advmod |
| 49 | art | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 46 Shrí | acl:relcl |
| 50 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 51 hiding | nsubj |
| 51 | hiding | hide | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 49 art | xcomp |
| 52 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 happened | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | past | it | Maheshwara | the meanwhile | now | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in meanwhile=Location | ||
| 2 | roam | past | Maheshwara | the sky | with Párwati; on Maheshwara's breast | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through sky=Trajectory | |||
| 3 | look down | past | Maheshwara not said here | to earth | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to earth=Theme | ||||
| 4 | catch | past | sight of Umra and Singh | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Theme | |||||
| 5 | wonder speech: ask | gerund | the forest | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 6 | utter speech: other | gerund | lamentations | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent lamentation=Topic | |||||
| 7 | exclaim speech: express | gerund | O Shrí | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent shrí=Topic | |||||
| 8 | hide | gerund | thou | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 9 | sight | Umra and Singh | nom sight «cognition 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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