--- title: [3] From this point of view, the period of Night would be the reign… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: [3] From this point of view, the period of Night would be the reign of _Tamas_, one of the three great categories of that philosophy: the Quality of _Darkness_, as opposed to _Light_, _Ignorance_, as opposed to _Knowledge_, _Evil_, as opposed to _Good_, the World _Below_, as opposed to the World _Ab --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/1/86/) [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/) / 86 # The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, The Descent of the Sun., sentence 86 \[3\] From this point of view, the period of Night would be the reign of \_Tamas\_, one of the three great categories of that philosophy: the Quality of \_Darkness\_, as opposed to \_Light\_, \_Ignorance\_, as opposed to \_Knowledge\_, \_Evil\_, as opposed to \_Good\_, the World \_Below\_, as opposed to the World \_Above\_. **Who acts:** 3 · **What happens:** be, oppose, point · **To what, where:** reign, Quality, \_, Knowledge, view 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 (3), 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:pg68641:1:86 # text = [3] From this point of view, the period of Night would be the reign of _Tamas_, one of the three great categories of that philosophy: the Quality of _Darkness_, as opposed to _Light_, _Ignorance_, as opposed to _Knowledge_, _Evil_, as opposed to _Good_, the World _Below_, as opposed to the World _Above_. 1 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 4 From from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 view view NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 period period NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 14 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 cop _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 reign reign NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 Tamas Tamas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 appos _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 26 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 nummod _ _ 27 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 categories category NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nmod _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 det _ _ 31 philosophy philosophy NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 Quality quality NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 appos _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 Darkness darkness NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 as as SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 41 opposed oppose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 acl _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 _ _ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 Light Light PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 45 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 Ignorance ignorance NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 as as SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 52 opposed oppose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 parataxis _ _ 53 to to ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 Knowledge Knowledge PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 58 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 Evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 60 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 62 as as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 67 case _ _ 63 opposed oppose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 62 fixed _ _ 64 to to ADP IN _ 62 fixed _ _ 65 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 67 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 67 _ _ NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 World World PROPN NNP Number=Sing 67 appos _ _ 71 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 72 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 72 Below below ADV RB _ 67 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 73 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 72 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 74 , , PUNCT , _ 76 punct _ _ 75 as as SCONJ IN _ 76 mark _ _ 76 opposed oppose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl _ _ 77 to to ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 78 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 79 World World PROPN NNP Number=Sing 76 obl:agent _ _ 80 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 81 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 81 Above above ADP IN _ 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 82 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 81 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 83 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | would | 3 from this point of view | the reign and Good \_ | | | | of Tamas; the period of Night *nsubj*; the Quality of Darkness and Ignorance *appos*; Good \_ *conj* | tree rules | | 2 | **oppose** | participle | | the Quality of Darkness and Ignorance *not said here* | \_ | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **oppose** | participle | | | Knowledge | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **oppose** | participle | | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **oppose** | participle | | the reign and Good \_ *not said here* | | | | the World *obl:agent* | vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **point** | | | view | | | | | nom point «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/1/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/1/87/) - ↑ back to [The Descent of the Sun.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/1/)