--- title: [1] _Shrí_ also means a Sacred Lotus, and it is the name of the twel… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: [1] _Shrí_ also means a Sacred Lotus, and it is the name of the twelfth Digit of the Moon: thus indicating the position of this story in the series to which it belongs: for an account of which, and the manuscript, I may refer the reader to the preface to her predecessor _Shashiní_, entitled _A Digit --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/1/83/) [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/) / 83 # The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, The Descent of the Sun., sentence 83 \[1\] \_Shrí\_ also means a Sacred Lotus, and it is the name of the twelfth Digit of the Moon: thus indicating the position of this story in the series to which it belongs: for an account of which, and the manuscript, I may refer the reader to the preface to her predecessor \_Shashiní\_, entitled \_A Digit of the Moon\_. **Who acts:** Shrí, lotus, manuscript · **What happens:** mean, be, indicate, belong, refer, entitle · **To what, where:** Sacred Lotus, name, position, reader, preface, Digit 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 (Shrí, lotus, manuscript), 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:pg68641:1:83 # text = [1] _Shrí_ also means a Sacred Lotus, and it is the name of the twelfth Digit of the Moon: thus indicating the position of this story in the series to which it belongs: for an account of which, and the manuscript, I may refer the reader to the preface to her predecessor _Shashiní_, entitled _A Digit of the Moon_. 1 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 1 1 NUM LS NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 4 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Shrí Shrí PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 5 punct _ _ 7 also also ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 Sacred Sacred PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 Lotus Lotus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 parataxis _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 twelfth twelfth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 Digit Digit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 : : PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 26 thus thus ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 indicating indicate VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 position position NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 det _ _ 32 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 series series NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 obl _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 belongs belong VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 : : PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 manuscript manuscript NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 51 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 refer refer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 reader reader NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ _ 56 to to ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 preface preface NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 59 to to ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 61 nmod:poss _ _ 61 predecessor predecessor NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nmod _ _ 62 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 63 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 Shashiní Shashiní PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 66 entitled entitle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 parataxis _ _ 67 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 Digit Digit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 66 obj _ _ 70 of of ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 71 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 72 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 69 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 73 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | Shrí | a Sacred Lotus | | | | 1 *discourse* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lotus=Topic | | 2 | **is a** | present | lotus | the name | | | | of the twelfth Digit of the Moon | tree rules | | 3 | **indicate** | gerund | Shrí *not said here* | the position of this story in the series | | | | for a account; thus *property* | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot position=Topic | | 4 | **belong** | present | lotus | | | | | to the series | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **refer** | may | the manuscript | the reader | the preface to MANUSCRIPT's predecessor | | | Shashiní *obl*; I *nsubj* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent reader=Theme to preface=Recipient | | 6 | **entitle** | past | | a Digit of the Moon | | | | | 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. - ← previous: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/1/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/1/84/) - ↑ back to [The Descent of the Sun.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/1/)