The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 7, sentence 18
And that chamberlain trembled and obeyed her, for he feared her power, saying to himself: The King would throw his kingdom into the sea for a glance from her eye, and now my life is on her forefinger.
Who acts: chamberlain, King, life · What happens: tremble, obey, fear, say, throw, be · To what, where: Shrí, power, King, kingdom, sea, forefinger · 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 (chamberlain, King, life), 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 | _ | 4 trembled | cc |
| 2 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 chamberlain | det |
| 3 | chamberlain | chamberlain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 trembled | nsubj |
| 4 | trembled | tremble | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 obeyed | cc |
| 6 | obeyed | obey | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 trembled | conj |
| 7 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 obeyed | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 feared | punct |
| 9 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 11 feared | mark |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 feared | nsubj |
| 11 | feared | fear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 obeyed | conj |
| 12 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 power | nmod:poss |
| 13 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 feared | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 saying | punct |
| 15 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 feared | advcl |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 himself | case |
| 17 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 15 saying | obl |
| 18 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 22 throw | punct |
| 19 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 King | det |
| 20 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 throw | nsubj |
| 21 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 22 throw | aux |
| 22 | throw | throw | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 saying | advcl |
| 23 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 kingdom | nmod:poss |
| 24 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 throw | obj |
| 25 | into | into | ADP | _ | 27 sea | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 sea | det |
| 27 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 throw | obl |
| 28 | for | for | ADP | _ | 30 glance | case |
| 29 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 30 glance | det |
| 30 | glance | glance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 throw | obl |
| 31 | from | from | ADP | _ | 33 eye | case |
| 32 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 eye | nmod:poss |
| 33 | eye | eye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 throw | obl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 forefinger | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 forefinger | cc |
| 36 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 42 forefinger | advmod |
| 37 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 life | nmod:poss |
| 38 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 forefinger | nsubj |
| 39 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 42 forefinger | cop |
| 40 | on | on | ADP | _ | 42 forefinger | case |
| 41 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 forefinger | nmod:poss |
| 42 | forefinger | forefinger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 trembled | obl |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 trembled | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tremble | past | that chamberlain | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | obey | past | that chamberlain not said here | Shrí | vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ||||
| 3 | fear | past | King | Shrí's power | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer power=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | say speech: assert | gerund | King not said here | King | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient | ||||
| 5 | throw | would | the King | King's kingdom | the sea | for a glance; from Shrí's eye | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme into sea=Destination from eye=Initial_Location | ||
| 6 | is | present | my life | Shrí's forefinger | now | Shrí nmod:poss | 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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