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description: But this is only the exoteric, physical envelope of the inner, mystical meaning, which is: _The Divine Lustre[1] of the Descent_ (Incarnation) _of Him Who took Three Steps_: i.e. Wishnu, or the Sun, the later Krishna, or Hindoo Apollo. Who acts: this, inner mystical meaning, Divine Lustre. A sentenc
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# The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, The Descent of the Sun., sentence 26

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But this is only the exoteric, physical envelope of the inner, mystical meaning, which is: \_The Divine Lustre\[1\] of the Descent\_ (Incarnation) \_of Him Who took Three Steps\_: i.e. Wishnu, or the Sun, the later Krishna, or Hindoo Apollo.

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**Who acts:** this, inner mystical meaning, Divine Lustre · **What happens:** be, take · **To what, where:** exoteric physical envelope, Three Steps

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This is a sentence of «The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth» by Unknown, The Descent of the Sun.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (this, inner mystical meaning, Divine Lustre), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg68641:1:26
# text = But this is only the exoteric, physical envelope of the inner, mystical meaning, which is: _The Divine Lustre[1] of the Descent_ (Incarnation) _of Him Who took Three Steps_: i.e. Wishnu, or the Sun, the later Krishna, or Hindoo Apollo.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
2	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	exoteric	exoteric	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	physical	physical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	envelope	envelope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
12	inner	inner	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
14	mystical	mystical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	18	nsubj	_	_
18	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	23	punct	_	_
20	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	Divine	Divine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	compound	_	_
23	Lustre	Lustre	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	1	1	NUM	LS	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	23	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	23	punct	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	Descent	Descent	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	23	punct	_	_
31	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	32	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	Incarnation	incarnation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	32	punct	_	_
34	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	36	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	of	of	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
36	Him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nmod	_	_
37	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	38	nsubj	_	_
38	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	acl:relcl	_	_
39	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	40	nummod	_	_
40	Steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	40	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	44	punct	_	_
43	i.e.	i.e.	ADV	FW	_	44	advmod	_	_
44	Wishnu	Wishnu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
46	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	44	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
51	later	late	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	52	amod	_	_
52	Krishna	Krishna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	44	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
54	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	55	cc	_	_
55	Hindoo	Hindoo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	44	conj	_	_
56	Apollo	Apollo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	55	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | this | the exoteric physical envelope |  |  |  | of the inner mystical meaning; the Divine Lustre of the Descent of name *nmod* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** | present | the inner mystical meaning |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **take** | past | the Divine Lustre of the Descent of name | Three Steps  Wishnu or the Sun and the later Krishna or Hindoo |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent step=Theme |

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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.

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**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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