The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 7, sentence 17
But as soon as he was gone, Shrí summoned a chamberlain, and said to him: Take me to the Head Queen, and lose not a moment, or it will be the worse for thee.
Who acts: King, Shrí, chamberlain · What happens: be, summon, say, take, not lose · To what, where: chamberlain, King, me, Head Queen · Speech: someone speaks here
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, Shrí, chamberlain), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 gone | cc |
| 2 | as | as | ADV | _ | 3 soon | advmod |
| 3 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 gone | advmod |
| 4 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 7 gone | mark |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 gone | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 gone | cop |
| 7 | gone | gone | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 summoned | punct |
| 9 | Shrí | Shrí | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 summoned | nsubj |
| 10 | summoned | summon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 gone | parataxis |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 chamberlain | det |
| 12 | chamberlain | chamberlain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 summoned | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 said | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 said | cc |
| 15 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 summoned | conj |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 him | case |
| 17 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 said | obl |
| 18 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 19 Take | punct |
| 19 | Take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 said | ccomp |
| 20 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 19 Take | obj |
| 21 | to | to | ADP | _ | 24 Queen | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 Queen | det |
| 23 | Head | Head | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 Queen | compound |
| 24 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 Take | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 lose | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 lose | cc |
| 27 | lose | lose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 Take | conj |
| 28 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 27 lose | advmod |
| 29 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 30 moment | det |
| 30 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 lose | obj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 worse | punct |
| 32 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 37 worse | cc |
| 33 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 worse | nsubj |
| 34 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 37 worse | aux |
| 35 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 37 worse | cop |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 worse | det |
| 37 | worse | bad | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 gone | conj |
| 38 | for | for | ADP | _ | 39 thee | case |
| 39 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 37 worse | obl |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 gone | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | King | gone, soon property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | summon | past | Shrí | a chamberlain | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chamberlain=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | Shrí not said here | King | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to he=Experiencer clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | take | infinitive | me | the Head Queen | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme to queen=Destination | ||||
| 5 | not lose | infinitive | moment | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | is | future | chamberlain | for thee; bad property | tree rules |
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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