The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 6, sentence 75
Then she dressed herself in the white pall[2], and went hastily out of that empty palace, shrinking like a fawn at the echo of her own footsteps, and passed out of the gates, and ran through the deserted streets, down to the very edge of the sea.
Who acts: Damayanti · What happens: dress, go, shrink, pass out, run, desert · To what, where: Damayanti, white pall, empty palace, gates, deserted streets
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 (Damayanti), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 dressed | advmod |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 dressed | nsubj |
| 3 | dressed | dress | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 3 dressed | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 pall | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 pall | det |
| 7 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 pall | amod |
| 8 | pall | pall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dressed | obl |
| 9 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 10 2 | punct |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 pall | flat |
| 11 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 10 2 | punct |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 went | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 went | cc |
| 14 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 dressed | conj |
| 15 | hastily | hastily | ADV | _ | 14 went | advmod |
| 16 | out | out | ADP | _ | 20 palace | case |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 palace | case |
| 18 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 20 palace | det |
| 19 | empty | empty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 palace | amod |
| 20 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 went | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 shrinking | punct |
| 22 | shrinking | shrink | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 went | advcl |
| 23 | like | like | ADP | _ | 25 fawn | case |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 25 fawn | det |
| 25 | fawn | fawn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 shrinking | obl |
| 26 | at | at | ADP | _ | 28 echo | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 echo | det |
| 28 | echo | echo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 shrinking | obl |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 footsteps | case |
| 30 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 footsteps | nmod:poss |
| 31 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 footsteps | amod |
| 32 | footsteps | footstep | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 echo | nmod |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 passed | punct |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 passed | cc |
| 35 | passed | pass | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 dressed | conj |
| 36 | out | out | ADP | _ | 39 gates | case |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 gates | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 gates | det |
| 39 | gates | gate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 passed | obl |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 ran | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 ran | cc |
| 42 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 dressed | conj |
| 43 | through | through | ADP | _ | 46 streets | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 streets | det |
| 45 | deserted | desert | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 46 streets | amod |
| 46 | streets | street | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 ran | obl |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 edge | punct |
| 48 | down | down | ADV | _ | 52 edge | advmod |
| 49 | to | to | ADP | _ | 52 edge | case |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 edge | det |
| 51 | very | very | ADV | _ | 52 edge | advmod |
| 52 | edge | edge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 ran | obl |
| 53 | of | of | ADP | _ | 55 sea | case |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 sea | det |
| 55 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 edge | nmod |
| 56 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 dressed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dress | past | Damayanti | Damayanti | the white pall | then | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Patient | ||
| 2 | go | past | Damayanti not said here | that empty palace | hastily property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme out palace=Initial_Location | |||
| 3 | shrink | gerund | Damayanti not said here | like a fawn; at the echo of Damayanti's own footsteps | vn flinch-40.5 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer at echo=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | pass out | participle | Damayanti not said here | the gates | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent gate=Theme | ||||
| 5 | run | past | Damayanti not said here | the deserted streets | to the edge of the sea result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to edge=Result | |||
| 6 | desert | participle | vn leave-51.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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