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title: _' A mythological expression for the rise, the zenith, and the set o… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics
description: _' A mythological expression for the rise, the zenith, and the set of the Sun. But the old magnificent simplicity of the Rig-Weda was perverted by subsequent Pauranik glosses; and Wishnu, according to the new legend, was said to have cheated his adversary, Bali, by striding, in his Dwarf Incarnation
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# The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, The Descent of the Sun., sentence 29

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\_' A mythological expression for the rise, the zenith, and the set of the Sun. But the old magnificent simplicity of the Rig-Weda was perverted by subsequent Pauranik glosses; and Wishnu, according to the new legend, was said to have cheated his adversary, Bali, by striding, in his Dwarf Incarnation, over the three worlds.

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**Who acts:** subsequent Pauranik, mythological expression · **What happens:** pervert, gloss, accord, say, cheat, stride · **To what, where:** set, Wishnu, adversary, Dwarf Incarnation · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (subsequent Pauranik, mythological expression), 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:pg68641:1:29
# text = _' A mythological expression for the rise, the zenith, and the set of the Sun. But the old magnificent simplicity of the Rig-Weda was perverted by subsequent Pauranik glosses; and Wishnu, according to the new legend, was said to have cheated his adversary, Bali, by striding, in his Dwarf Incarnation, over the three worlds.
1	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	_
3	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	mythological	mythological	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nsubj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	rise	rise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	zenith	zenith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	set	set	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nsubj:pass	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	Sun.	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
19	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
21	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
22	magnificent	magnificent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	simplicity	simplicity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	Rig	Rig	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	28	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	Weda	Weda	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	conj	_	_
29	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	30	aux:pass	_	_
30	perverted	pervert	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
31	by	by	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
33	Pauranik	Pauranik	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	_
34	glosses	gloss	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	46	punct	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
37	Wishnu	Wishnu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	46	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
39	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	43	case	_	_
40	to	to	ADP	IN	_	39	fixed	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
42	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	amod	_	_
43	legend	legend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
45	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	46	aux:pass	_	_
46	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	34	parataxis	_	_
47	to	to	PART	TO	_	49	mark	_	_
48	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	49	aux	_	_
49	cheated	cheat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	46	xcomp	_	_
50	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	51	nmod:poss	_	_
51	adversary	adversary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
53	Bali	Bali	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	51	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
55	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	56	mark	_	_
56	striding	stride	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	46	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	61	punct	_	_
58	in	in	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
59	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	61	nmod:poss	_	_
60	Dwarf	dwarf	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	61	amod	_	_
61	Incarnation	incarnation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	66	punct	_	_
63	over	over	ADP	IN	_	66	case	_	_
64	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	66	det	_	_
65	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	66	nummod	_	_
66	worlds	world	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	56	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	34	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pervert** | past · passive | subsequent Pauranik | the set of the Sun. but the old magnificent simplicity of the Rig and Weda |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **gloss** | present | a mythological expression for the rise and the zenith |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · passive |  | Wishnu |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **cheat** | to-infinitive · perfect |  | expression's adversary |  |  |  |  | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent adversary=Source |
| 6 | **stride** | gerund |  |  |  | expression's Dwarf Incarnation |  | over the three worlds | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in incarnation=Trajectory |

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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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