The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 7, sentence 72
And at last, out of curiosity, she touched her on the bosom with her finger, saying to herself: Is this an illusion, or is it a real woman, and is she dead or alive?
Who acts: Ulupí, illusion · What happens: touch, say, be · To what, where: Shrí, last, Ulupí, illusion, real woman · 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 (Ulupí, illusion), 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 | _ | 10 touched | cc |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 3 last | case |
| 3 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 touched | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 curiosity | punct |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 curiosity | case |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 curiosity | case |
| 7 | curiosity | curiosity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 last | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 last | punct |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 touched | nsubj |
| 10 | touched | touch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 touched | obj |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 bosom | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 bosom | det |
| 14 | bosom | bosom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 touched | obl |
| 15 | with | with | ADP | _ | 17 finger | case |
| 16 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 finger | nmod:poss |
| 17 | finger | finger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 bosom | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 saying | punct |
| 19 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 touched | advcl |
| 20 | to | to | ADP | _ | 21 herself | case |
| 21 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 19 saying | obl |
| 22 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 26 illusion | punct |
| 23 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 illusion | cop |
| 24 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 26 illusion | det |
| 25 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 illusion | det |
| 26 | illusion | illusion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 touched | parataxis |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 woman | punct |
| 28 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 33 woman | cc |
| 29 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 33 woman | cop |
| 30 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 woman | nsubj |
| 31 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 33 woman | det |
| 32 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 woman | amod |
| 33 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 illusion | appos |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 dead | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 dead | cc |
| 36 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 38 dead | cop |
| 37 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 dead | nsubj |
| 38 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 touched | parataxis |
| 39 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 40 alive | cc |
| 40 | alive | alive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 dead | conj |
| 41 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 10 touched | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | touch | past | Ulupí | Shrí | last and curiosity | on the bosom with Ulupí's finger | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.theme PP.instrument»: agent=Agent she=Experiencer on bosom=Theme | ||
| 2 | say speech: assert | gerund | Ulupí not said here | Ulupí | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to herself=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | is a | present | this illusion | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | is a | present | illusion | a real woman | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | is | present | Ulupí | dead property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | be | Ulupí not said here | 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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