The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 7, sentence 15
And he looked at her as she stood smiling at him, bowing like a flower from the weight of her bosom and the slenderness of her waist, and laughed in his intoxication, befooled by the roundness of her limbs and the blueness of her eyes, and forgetting that the Creator made woman to be an instrument of delusion, with an exterior of honey and an interior of poison.
Who acts: King, vain, Creator, woman · What happens: look, stand, smile, bow, laugh, befool · To what, where: weight, intoxication, woman, instrument
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 (King, vain, Creator, woman), 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 | _ | 3 looked | cc |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 looked | nsubj |
| 3 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 her | case |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 looked | obl |
| 6 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 8 stood | mark |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 stood | nsubj |
| 8 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 looked | advcl |
| 9 | smiling | smile | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 stood | advcl |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 him | case |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 smiling | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 bowing | punct |
| 13 | bowing | bow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 smiling | conj |
| 14 | like | like | ADP | _ | 16 flower | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 flower | det |
| 16 | flower | flower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 bowing | obl |
| 17 | from | from | ADP | _ | 19 weight | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 weight | det |
| 19 | weight | weight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 bowing | obl |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 bosom | case |
| 21 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 bosom | nmod:poss |
| 22 | bosom | bosom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 weight | nmod |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 slenderness | cc |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 slenderness | det |
| 25 | slenderness | slenderness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 bosom | conj |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 waist | case |
| 27 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 waist | nmod:poss |
| 28 | waist | waist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 slenderness | nmod |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 laughed | punct |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 laughed | cc |
| 31 | laughed | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 looked | conj |
| 32 | in | in | ADP | _ | 34 intoxication | case |
| 33 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 intoxication | nmod:poss |
| 34 | intoxication | intoxication | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 laughed | obl |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 befooled | punct |
| 36 | befooled | befool | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 34 intoxication | acl |
| 37 | by | by | ADP | _ | 39 roundness | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 roundness | det |
| 39 | roundness | roundness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 befooled | obl |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 limbs | case |
| 41 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 limbs | nmod:poss |
| 42 | limbs | limb | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 roundness | nmod |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 blueness | cc |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 blueness | det |
| 45 | blueness | blueness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 limbs | conj |
| 46 | of | of | ADP | _ | 48 eyes | case |
| 47 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 48 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 48 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 45 blueness | nmod |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 forgetting | punct |
| 50 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 forgetting | cc |
| 51 | forgetting | forget | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 31 laughed | advcl |
| 52 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 55 made | mark |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 Creator | det |
| 54 | Creator | Creator | PROPN | Number=Sing | 55 made | nsubj |
| 55 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 51 forgetting | advcl |
| 56 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 made | obj |
| 57 | to | to | PART | _ | 60 instrument | mark |
| 58 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 60 instrument | cop |
| 59 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 60 instrument | det |
| 60 | instrument | instrument | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 made | xcomp |
| 61 | of | of | ADP | _ | 62 delusion | case |
| 62 | delusion | delusion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 instrument | nmod |
| 63 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 66 exterior | punct |
| 64 | with | with | ADP | _ | 66 exterior | case |
| 65 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 66 exterior | det |
| 66 | exterior | exterior | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 instrument | conj |
| 67 | of | of | ADP | _ | 68 honey | case |
| 68 | honey | honey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 66 exterior | nmod |
| 69 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 71 interior | cc |
| 70 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 71 interior | det |
| 71 | interior | interior | NOUN | Number=Sing | 66 exterior | conj |
| 72 | of | of | ADP | _ | 73 poison | case |
| 73 | poison | poison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 71 interior | nmod |
| 74 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 looked | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | past | King | at vain | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at she=Theme | ||||
| 2 | stand | past | vain | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | smile | gerund | vain not said here | at King | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | bow | gerund | vain not said here | the weight of vain's bosom and the slenderness of vain's waist | like a flower | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 5 | laugh | past | King not said here | in King's intoxication | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in intoxication=Theme | ||||
| 6 | befool | participle | King's intoxication not said here | by the roundness of vain's limbs and the blueness of vain's eyes | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | forget | gerund | King not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 8 | make | past | the Creator | woman | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Product | ||||
| 9 | is a | to-infinitive | woman not said here | a instrument and a exterior of honey and a interior of poison | of delusion; a exterior of honey and a interior of poison conj | tree rules | |||
| 10 | bosom | vain | nom bosom «state transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 11 | intoxicate | King | nom intoxication «state transitive»: poss=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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