The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 6, sentence 51
See that none of you do them actual harm, by devouring or destroying them: for they are to work out their redemption in the wood, by the decree of destiny and my will and pleasure[3].
Who acts: you, lamentations, destiny · What happens: see, do, devour, destroy, be, pleasure · To what, where: none, lamentations, wood, 3
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 (you, lamentations, destiny), 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 | See | see | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 none | det |
| 3 | none | none | PRON | PronType=Neg | 1 See | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 do | case |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 do | nsubj |
| 6 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 none | acl:relcl |
| 7 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 do | obj |
| 8 | actual | actual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 harm | amod |
| 9 | harm | harm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 do | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 devouring | punct |
| 11 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 12 devouring | mark |
| 12 | devouring | devour | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 See | advcl |
| 13 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 14 destroying | cc |
| 14 | destroying | destroy | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 devouring | conj |
| 15 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 destroying | obj |
| 16 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 21 work | punct |
| 17 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 21 work | mark |
| 18 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 work | nsubj |
| 19 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 work | cop |
| 20 | to | to | PART | _ | 21 work | mark |
| 21 | work | work | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 See | conj |
| 22 | out | out | ADP | _ | 21 work | compound:prt |
| 23 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 redemption | nmod:poss |
| 24 | redemption | redemption | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 work | obj |
| 25 | in | in | ADP | _ | 27 wood | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 wood | det |
| 27 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 work | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 decree | punct |
| 29 | by | by | ADP | _ | 31 decree | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 decree | det |
| 31 | decree | decree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 wood | conj |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 destiny | case |
| 33 | destiny | destiny | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 decree | nmod |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 will | cc |
| 35 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 will | nmod:poss |
| 36 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 27 wood | acl:relcl |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 pleasure | cc |
| 38 | pleasure | pleasure | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 work | conj |
| 39 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 40 3 | punct |
| 40 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 38 pleasure | obj |
| 41 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 40 3 | punct |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 See | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | imperative | you not said here | none | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer none=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | do | present | you | lamentations = lamentation | actual harm obj | tree rules | |||
| 3 | devour | gerund | you not said here | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | destroy | gerund | you not said here | lamentations = lamentation | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | ||||
| 5 | is | present | lamentations = lamentation | the wood and the decree of destiny | lamentations's redemption obj; work property | tree rules | |||
| 6 | pleasure | infinitive | lamentations = lamentation not said here | 3 | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | redeem | lamentations = lamentation | nom redemption «act transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 8 | decree | destiny | nom decree «communication intransitive»: 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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