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description: In our title, a different turn is given to the old idea, which we may express by saying that the steps commence, not with the rise, but the set of the Sun: his Going Down, his mysterious period of Darkness, his Rising again. Who acts: old idea, steps, expression, our. A sentence of «The descent of t
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# The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, The Descent of the Sun., sentence 30

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In our title, a different turn is given to the old idea, which we may express by saying that the steps commence, not with the rise, but the set of the Sun: his Going Down, his mysterious period of Darkness, his Rising again.

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**Who acts:** old idea, steps, expression, our · **What happens:** give, express, say, commence, go down, rise · **To what, where:** different turn, old idea, title, mysterious period · **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 (old idea, steps, expression, our), 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:pg68641:1:30
# text = In our title, a different turn is given to the old idea, which we may express by saying that the steps commence, not with the rise, but the set of the Sun: his Going Down, his mysterious period of Darkness, his Rising again.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	title	title	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	turn	turn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	18	nsubj	_	_
16	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
17	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	express	express	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	parataxis	_	_
19	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
20	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	18	advcl	_	_
21	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	nsubj	_	_
24	commence	commence	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
26	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	29	advmod	_	_
27	with	with	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	rise	rise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
31	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	set	set	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	appos	_	_
34	of	of	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	39	punct	_	_
38	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Gender=Masc|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	39	nsubj	_	_
39	Going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	conj	_	_
40	Down	down	ADV	RB	_	39	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
42	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	44	nmod:poss	_	_
43	mysterious	mysterious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	44	amod	_	_
44	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	_
45	of	of	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
46	Darkness	Darkness	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	44	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
48	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Gender=Masc|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	49	nsubj	_	_
49	Rising	rise	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	39	conj	_	_
50	again	again	ADV	RB	_	49	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | a different turn | the old idea | our title |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to idea=Recipient |
| 2 | **express** | may | the old idea |  |  |  |  | we *nsubj* | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the old idea *not said here* |  |  |  |  | the rise *ccomp* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **commence** | present | the steps |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 5 | **go down** | gerund | expression | expression's mysterious period of Darkness |  |  |  | down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 6 | **rise** | gerund | expression |  |  |  | again |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **title** |  | our |  |  |  |  |  | nom title «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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