The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 7, sentence 30

[2] As this might sound bizarre to the English reader, accustomed to the elaborate toilettes of western ladies, he should know, that nothing can be more simple than the dress of a Hindoo woman.

Who acts: this, p., nothing · What happens: sound, accustom, know, be · To what, where: bizarre, English reader

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 (this, p., nothing), 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	[	[	PUNCT	_	2 2	punct
2	2	2	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 sound	discourse
3	]	]	PUNCT	_	2 2	punct
4	As	as	SCONJ	_	7 sound	mark
5	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 sound	nsubj
6	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 sound	aux
7	sound	sound	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	bizarre	bizarre	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sound	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	12 reader	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 reader	det
11	English	English	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 reader	amod
12	reader	reader	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sound	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 accustomed	punct
14	accustomed	accustom	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 reader	acl
15	to	to	ADP	_	18 toilettes	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 toilettes	det
17	elaborate	elaborate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 toilettes	amod
18	toilettes	toilette	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 accustomed	obl
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 ladies	case
20	western	western	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 ladies	amod
21	ladies	lady	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 toilettes	nmod
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 know	punct
23	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 know	nsubj
24	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	25 know	aux
25	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 sound	parataxis
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 simple	punct
27	that	that	SCONJ	_	32 simple	mark
28	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	32 simple	nsubj
29	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	32 simple	aux
30	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	32 simple	cop
31	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	32 simple	amod
32	simple	simple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 know	conj
33	than	than	ADP	_	35 dress	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 dress	det
35	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 simple	obl
36	of	of	ADP	_	39 woman	case
37	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	39 woman	det
38	Hindoo	Hindoo	PROPN	Number=Sing	39 woman	compound
39	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 dress	nmod
40	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 sound	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	sound	might	this	bizarre	to the English reader; 2 discourse	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bizarre=Theme
2	accustom	participle		the English reader not said here	to the elaborate toilettes of western ladies	tree rules
3	know	should	p.			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	is	can	nothing		than the dress of a Hindoo woman; simple 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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The tree

Pragmatics

The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 7, sentence 30