--- title: The sun had set, leaving behind it a ruddy glare which faded higher… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: The sun had set, leaving behind it a ruddy glare which faded higher up the sky into the darkness: and exactly on the confines of the colours, in that bath of _nilalohita_, that _purple-red_, which is a favourite epithet of the god Shiwa, hung, like a thing in a dream, the lovely streak of the new mo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/1/44/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/) / [The Descent of the Sun.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/1/) / 44 # The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, The Descent of the Sun., sentence 44 The sun had set, leaving behind it a ruddy glare which faded higher up the sky into the darkness: and exactly on the confines of the colours, in that bath of \_nilalohita\_, that \_purple-red\_, which is a favourite epithet of the god Shiwa, hung, like a thing in a dream, the lovely streak of the new moon, one day old. **Who acts:** ruddy glare, that, purple red \_ · **What happens:** set, leave, fade, \_, be, hang · **To what, where:** sun, confines, ruddy glare, darkness, favourite epithet 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 (ruddy glare, that, purple red \_), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg68641:1:44 # text = The sun had set, leaving behind it a ruddy glare which faded higher up the sky into the darkness: and exactly on the confines of the colours, in that bath of _nilalohita_, that _purple-red_, which is a favourite epithet of the god Shiwa, hung, like a thing in a dream, the lovely streak of the new moon, one day old. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 7 behind behind ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 ruddy ruddy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 glare glare NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 12 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 13 faded fade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 14 higher high ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 13 advmod _ _ 15 up up ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 into into ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 darkness darkness NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 24 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 confines confines NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 colours colour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 det _ _ 33 bath bath NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 appos _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 nilalohita nilalohita NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 39 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 44 nsubj _ _ 40 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 purple purple ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 _ _ NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 46 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 50 nsubj _ _ 47 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 favourite favourite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 epithet epithet NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 conj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 god god NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ _ 54 Shiwa Shiwa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 56 hung hang VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 58 like like ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ _ 61 in in ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 66 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 amod _ _ 67 streak streak NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 68 of of ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 70 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 71 amod _ _ 71 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 72 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 73 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 74 nummod _ _ 74 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 appos _ _ 75 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 74 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 76 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | past · perfect · passive | | the sun | | the confines of the colours and purple red \_ and a favourite epithet and the lovely streak of the new moon | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme on confines=Destination | | 2 | **leave** | gerund | | a ruddy glare | | SUN | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent glare=Theme behind it=Location | | 3 | **fade** | past | a ruddy glare | | | the darkness | | up the sky; high *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **\_** | | that | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** | present | purple red \_ and a favourite epithet | a favourite epithet | | | | of the god | tree rules | | 6 | **hang** | past | | | | | | like a thing in a dream | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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. - ← previous: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/1/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/1/45/) - ↑ back to [The Descent of the Sun.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/1/)