The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 7, sentence 64
Then Shrí, seizing her opportunity, and urged by terror, rose up and fled away from them, being sprinkled by their blood, mingled with her own, for she had received in the struggle a blow from a Bhilla that was meant for another.
Who acts: Shrí · What happens: seize, urge, rise up, flee away, sprinkle, mingle · To what, where: opportunity, struggle, blow
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 (Shrí), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 seizing | advmod |
| 2 | Shrí | Shrí | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 seizing | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 seizing | punct |
| 4 | seizing | seize | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 13 rose | advcl |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 opportunity | nmod:poss |
| 6 | opportunity | opportunity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 seizing | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 urged | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 urged | cc |
| 9 | urged | urge | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 seizing | conj |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 terror | case |
| 11 | terror | terror | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 urged | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 rose | punct |
| 13 | rose | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | up | up | ADP | _ | 13 rose | compound:prt |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 fled | cc |
| 16 | fled | flee | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 rose | conj |
| 17 | away | away | ADV | _ | 16 fled | advmod |
| 18 | from | from | ADP | _ | 19 them | case |
| 19 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 fled | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 sprinkled | punct |
| 21 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 22 sprinkled | aux:pass |
| 22 | sprinkled | sprinkle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 fled | conj |
| 23 | by | by | ADP | _ | 25 blood | case |
| 24 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 blood | nmod:poss |
| 25 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 sprinkled | obl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 mingled | punct |
| 27 | mingled | mingle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 rose | conj |
| 28 | with | with | ADP | _ | 30 own | case |
| 29 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 own | nmod:poss |
| 30 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 mingled | obl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 received | punct |
| 32 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 35 received | mark |
| 33 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 received | nsubj |
| 34 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 received | aux |
| 35 | received | receive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 27 mingled | parataxis |
| 36 | in | in | ADP | _ | 38 struggle | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 struggle | det |
| 38 | struggle | struggle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 received | obl |
| 39 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 40 blow | det |
| 40 | blow | blow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 struggle | appos |
| 41 | from | from | ADP | _ | 43 Bhilla | case |
| 42 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 43 Bhilla | det |
| 43 | Bhilla | Bhilla | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 blow | nmod |
| 44 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 46 meant | nsubj:pass |
| 45 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 46 meant | aux:pass |
| 46 | meant | mean | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 40 blow | acl:relcl |
| 47 | for | for | ADP | _ | 48 another | case |
| 48 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 46 meant | obl |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 rose | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | seize | gerund | Shrí | Shrí's opportunity | then | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opportunity=Theme | |||
| 2 | urge | participle | Shrí not said here | by terror | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | rise up | past | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | flee away | past | from hands = hand; away property | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from they=Initial_Location | |||||
| 5 | sprinkle | gerund · passive | by hands's blood | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: by blood=Destination | |||||
| 6 | mingle | past | with Shrí's own | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with own=Co-Patient | |||||
| 7 | receive | past · perfect | Shrí | the struggle | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in struggle=Location | ||||
| 8 | mean | past · passive | a blow from a Bhilla | for another | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for another=Attribute |
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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