The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 7, sentence 79
And instantly she started up, and assuming a terrific form, she gnashed at Shrí with teeth like saws, and made horrible grimaces at her, saying: Wretch, thou shalt never quit this wood, but wander for ever with thy accursed beauty among its trees, haunted and beset by hideous illusions till thou shalt long for death.
Who acts: Ulupí, thou · What happens: start up, assume, gnash, make, say, not quit · To what, where: terrific form, Shrí, horrible grimaces, Wretch, wood, trees · 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, thou), 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 | _ | 4 started | cc |
| 2 | instantly | instantly | ADV | _ | 4 started | advmod |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 started | nsubj |
| 4 | started | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 started | compound:prt |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 assuming | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 assuming | cc |
| 8 | assuming | assume | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 started | advcl |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 form | det |
| 10 | terrific | terrific | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 form | amod |
| 11 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 assuming | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 gnashed | punct |
| 13 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 gnashed | nsubj |
| 14 | gnashed | gnash | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 started | conj |
| 15 | at | at | ADP | _ | 16 Shrí | case |
| 16 | Shrí | Shrí | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 gnashed | obl |
| 17 | with | with | ADP | _ | 18 teeth | case |
| 18 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 gnashed | obl |
| 19 | like | like | ADP | _ | 20 saws | case |
| 20 | saws | saw | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 teeth | nmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 made | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 made | cc |
| 23 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 gnashed | conj |
| 24 | horrible | horrible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 grimaces | amod |
| 25 | grimaces | grimace | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 made | obj |
| 26 | at | at | ADP | _ | 27 her | case |
| 27 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 made | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 saying | punct |
| 29 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 23 made | advcl |
| 30 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 31 Wretch | punct |
| 31 | Wretch | Wretch | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 saying | obj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 quit | punct |
| 33 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 36 quit | nsubj |
| 34 | shalt | shall | AUX | Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin | 36 quit | aux |
| 35 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 36 quit | advmod |
| 36 | quit | quit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 31 Wretch | parataxis |
| 37 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 38 wood | det |
| 38 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 quit | obj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 wander | punct |
| 40 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 41 wander | cc |
| 41 | wander | wander | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 started | parataxis |
| 42 | for | for | ADP | _ | 43 ever | case |
| 43 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 41 wander | obl |
| 44 | with | with | ADP | _ | 47 beauty | case |
| 45 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 47 beauty | nmod:poss |
| 46 | accursed | accurs | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 47 beauty | amod |
| 47 | beauty | beauty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 wander | obl |
| 48 | among | among | ADP | _ | 50 trees | case |
| 49 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 50 trees | nmod:poss |
| 50 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 wander | obl |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 haunted | punct |
| 52 | haunted | haunt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 50 trees | acl |
| 53 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 54 beset | cc |
| 54 | beset | beset | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 41 wander | conj |
| 55 | by | by | ADP | _ | 57 illusions | case |
| 56 | hideous | hideous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 57 illusions | amod |
| 57 | illusions | illusion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 54 beset | obl |
| 58 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 63 death | mark |
| 59 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 63 death | nsubj |
| 60 | shalt | shall | AUX | Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin | 63 death | aux |
| 61 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 63 death | advmod |
| 62 | for | for | ADP | _ | 63 death | case |
| 63 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 beset | advcl |
| 64 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 started | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start up | past | Ulupí | instantly property | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | assume | gerund | Ulupí not said here | a terrific form | vn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Theme | ||||
| 3 | gnash | past | Ulupí | Shrí | with teeth like saws | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||
| 4 | make | past | Ulupí not said here | horrible grimaces | at Ulupí | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset grimace=Product | |||
| 5 | say speech: assert | gerund | Ulupí not said here | Wretch | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent wretch=Topic | ||||
| 6 | not quit | shall | thou | this wood | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wood=Source | ||||
| 7 | wander | present | beauty's trees | with thy accursed beauty | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme among tree=Trajectory | ||||
| 8 | accurs | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 9 | haunt | participle | beauty's trees not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 10 | beset | present | by hideous illusions; death thou advcl | 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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