The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 6, sentence 45
And standing in its densest part, his body white with ashes, garlanded with a necklace of skulls, with a half-moon in his yellow hair, he created by his supernatural power a gong, hanging from a banyan tree in the centre of the wood.
Who acts: Maheshwara · What happens: stand, garland, create, hang · To what, where: body, densest part, gong, banyan tree
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 (Maheshwara), 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 | _ | 2 standing | cc |
| 2 | standing | stand | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 32 created | advcl |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 part | case |
| 4 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 part | nmod:poss |
| 5 | densest | dense | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 part | amod |
| 6 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 standing | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 body | punct |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 body | nmod:poss |
| 9 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 standing | obl |
| 10 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 body | amod |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 ashes | case |
| 12 | ashes | ash | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 white | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 garlanded | punct |
| 14 | garlanded | garland | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 body | conj |
| 15 | with | with | ADP | _ | 17 necklace | case |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 necklace | det |
| 17 | necklace | necklace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 garlanded | obl |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 skulls | case |
| 19 | skulls | skull | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 necklace | nmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 moon | punct |
| 21 | with | with | ADP | _ | 25 moon | case |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 25 moon | det |
| 23 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 25 moon | compound |
| 24 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 23 half | punct |
| 25 | moon | moon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 skulls | nmod |
| 26 | in | in | ADP | _ | 29 hair | case |
| 27 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 hair | nmod:poss |
| 28 | yellow | yellow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 hair | amod |
| 29 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 moon | nmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 standing | punct |
| 31 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 created | nsubj |
| 32 | created | create | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 33 | by | by | ADP | _ | 36 power | case |
| 34 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 power | nmod:poss |
| 35 | supernatural | supernatural | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 power | compound |
| 36 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 created | obl |
| 37 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 38 gong | det |
| 38 | gong | gong | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 created | obj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 hanging | punct |
| 40 | hanging | hang | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 32 created | advcl |
| 41 | from | from | ADP | _ | 44 tree | case |
| 42 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 44 tree | det |
| 43 | banyan | banyan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 tree | compound |
| 44 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 hanging | obl |
| 45 | in | in | ADP | _ | 47 centre | case |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 centre | det |
| 47 | centre | centre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 hanging | obl |
| 48 | of | of | ADP | _ | 50 wood | case |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 wood | det |
| 50 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 centre | nmod |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 32 created | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | gerund | Maheshwara not said here | Maheshwara's body | ascetic's densest part | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in part=Location | |||
| 2 | garland | participle | Maheshwara not said here | with a necklace of skulls with a half moon in Maheshwara's yellow hair | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with necklace=Theme | ||||
| 3 | create | past | Maheshwara | a gong | by Maheshwara's supernatural power | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gong=Result | |||
| 4 | hang | gerund | Maheshwara not said here | a banyan tree | in the centre of the wood | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in centre=Location |
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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