The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 7, sentence 101

For he that held her in his arms was not her husband, but a hairy thing with hideous eyes, that resembled an incarnation of the brute in human shape; and it fastened those fearful eyes upon her own, and laughed and whined and panted like a beast with hot quick breath into her face.

Who acts: husband, arms, that, incarnation · What happens: hold, not be, resemble, fasten, laugh, whine · To what, where: Shrí, incarnation, fearful eyes, face

This is a sentence of «The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth» by Unknown, A Sleep and a Dream., part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (husband, arms, that, incarnation), 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	For	for	SCONJ	_	4 held	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 held	nsubj
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 held	nsubj
4	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 held	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	12 husband	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 arms	nmod:poss
8	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 husband	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 husband	cop
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 husband	advmod
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 husband	nmod:poss
12	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 held	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 thing	punct
14	but	but	CCONJ	_	17 thing	cc
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 thing	det
16	hairy	hairy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 thing	amod
17	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 held	obl
18	with	with	ADP	_	20 eyes	case
19	hideous	hideous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 eyes	amod
20	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 thing	nmod
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 resembled	punct
22	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	23 resembled	nsubj
23	resembled	resemble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 thing	conj
24	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 incarnation	det
25	incarnation	incarnation	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 resembled	obj
26	of	of	ADP	_	28 brute	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 brute	det
28	brute	brute	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 incarnation	nmod
29	in	in	ADP	_	31 shape	case
30	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 shape	amod
31	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 brute	nmod
32	;	;	PUNCT	_	35 fastened	punct
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 fastened	cc
34	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 fastened	nsubj
35	fastened	fasten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 resembled	parataxis
36	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	38 eyes	det
37	fearful	fearful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 eyes	amod
38	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 fastened	obj
39	upon	upon	ADP	_	41 own	case
40	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	41 own	nmod:poss
41	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 fastened	obl
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 laughed	punct
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 laughed	cc
44	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 fastened	conj
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 whined	cc
46	whined	whine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 laughed	conj
47	and	and	CCONJ	_	48 panted	cc
48	panted	pant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	46 whined	conj
49	like	like	ADP	_	51 beast	case
50	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	51 beast	det
51	beast	beast	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 panted	obl
52	with	with	ADP	_	55 breath	case
53	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 breath	amod
54	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 breath	amod
55	breath	breath	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 beast	nmod
56	into	into	ADP	_	58 face	case
57	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	58 face	nmod:poss
58	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 panted	obl
59	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 held	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hold	past	husband	Shrí		a hairy thing with hideous eyes obl; that nsubj	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
2	not is	past	husband's arms			in Shrí's husband; Shrí nmod:poss	tree rules
3	resemble	past	that	a incarnation of the brute in human shape			tree rules
4	fasten	past	incarnation	that fearful eyes		upon Shrí's own	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient
5	laugh	past	incarnation not said here				vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	whine	past	incarnation not said here				vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	pant	participle	incarnation not said here		Shrí's face	like a beast with hot quick breath	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent into face=Recipient

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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The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 7, sentence 101