The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 7, sentence 20
Know, that the King thy husband found me to-day in the city, and stole me away, seeking to make me his wife.
Who acts: you, husband · What happens: know, find, steal away, seek, make · To what, where: me, wife
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 (you, husband), 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 | Know | know | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 found | punct |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 found | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 King | det |
| 5 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 husband | nmod:poss |
| 6 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 5 King | nmod |
| 7 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 found | nsubj |
| 8 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Know | parataxis |
| 9 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 found | obj |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 day | case |
| 11 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 to | punct |
| 12 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 found | obl |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 city | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 city | det |
| 15 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 day | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 stole | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 stole | cc |
| 18 | stole | steal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 found | conj |
| 19 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 18 stole | obj |
| 20 | away | away | ADV | _ | 18 stole | advmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 seeking | punct |
| 22 | seeking | seek | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 18 stole | advcl |
| 23 | to | to | PART | _ | 24 make | mark |
| 24 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 seeking | xcomp |
| 25 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 24 make | obj |
| 26 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 wife | nmod:poss |
| 27 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 make | obj |
| 28 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Know | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | imperative | you not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | find | past | the King thy's husband | me | day | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Topic | |||
| 3 | steal away | past | the King thy's husband not said here | me | away property | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location i=Theme | |||
| 4 | seek | gerund | the King thy's husband not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | make not said to happen | to-infinitive | the King thy's husband not said here | King's wife | me | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset i=Beneficiary wife=Product |
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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