The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 7, sentence 67

Then the moon rose, and stole through the trees and kissed her with beams that trembled with admiration[3]; and the wild animals came down, one by one, to drink at the pool, and obedient to the commands of Triambaka, did her no harm, but licked her feet and hands as she lay.

Who acts: moon, beams, wild animals, animal · What happens: rise, steal, kiss, tremble, come down, drink · To what, where: trees, moon, one, pool, harm, feet · 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 (moon, beams, wild animals, animal), 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 rose	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 moon	det
3	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rose	nsubj
4	rose	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 stole	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 stole	cc
7	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 rose	conj
8	through	through	ADP	_	10 trees	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 trees	det
10	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 stole	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 kissed	cc
12	kissed	kiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 rose	conj
13	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 kissed	obj
14	with	with	ADP	_	15 beams	case
15	beams	beam	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 kissed	obl
16	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 trembled	nsubj
17	trembled	tremble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 beams	acl:relcl
18	with	with	ADP	_	19 admiration	case
19	admiration	admiration	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 trembled	obl
20	[	[	PUNCT	_	21 3	punct
21	3	3	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	19 admiration	appos
22	]	]	PUNCT	_	21 3	punct
23	;	;	PUNCT	_	28 came	punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 animals	cc
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 animals	det
26	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 animals	amod
27	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 came	nsubj
28	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 rose	conj
29	down	down	ADV	_	28 came	advmod
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 one	punct
31	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	28 came	obl
32	by	by	ADP	_	33 one	case
33	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	31 one	nmod
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 drink	punct
35	to	to	PART	_	36 drink	mark
36	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	28 came	conj
37	at	at	ADP	_	39 pool	case
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 pool	det
39	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 drink	obl
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 obedient	punct
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 obedient	cc
42	obedient	obedient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 rose	conj
43	to	to	ADP	_	45 commands	case
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 commands	det
45	commands	command	NOUN	Number=Plur	42 obedient	obl
46	of	of	ADP	_	47 Triambaka	case
47	Triambaka	Triambaka	PROPN	Number=Sing	45 commands	nmod
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 did	punct
49	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 rose	conj
50	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	52 harm	nmod:poss
51	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	52 harm	det
52	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 did	obj
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 licked	punct
54	but	but	CCONJ	_	55 licked	cc
55	licked	lick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 rose	conj
56	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	57 feet	nmod:poss
57	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	55 licked	obj
58	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 hands	cc
59	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	57 feet	conj
60	as	as	SCONJ	_	62 lay	mark
61	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	62 lay	nsubj
62	lay	lay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	55 licked	advcl
63	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 rose	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rise	past	the moon			then		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	steal	past	the moon not said here		the trees			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through tree=Location
3	kiss	past	the moon not said here	moon			with beams	vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent she=Experiencer with beam=Instrument
4	tremble	past	beams				with admiration	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	come down	past	the wild animals	one by one			down property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	drink	to-infinitive	the wild animals not said here		the pool			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	do	past	the moon not said here	animal's harm				vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harm=Eventuality
8	lick	past	the moon not said here	animal's feet and hands				vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent foot=Source
9	lay	infinitive	animal					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
10	command			Triambaka				nom command «communication transitive»: of=patient
11	harm		animal					nom harm «state transitive»: poss=agent

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 descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 7, sentence 67