--- title: Then said Shrí, sighing: There came to me but now one who resembled… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: Then said Shrí, sighing: There came to me but now one who resembled thee in every feature, and deceived me: and even now, I shudder when I think of it, lest thou too should be another such as he. Who acts: Shrí, one, I. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Shrí, one, I), 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:pg68641:10:18 # text = Then said Shrí, sighing: There came to me but now one who resembled thee in every feature, and deceived me: and even now, I shudder when I think of it, lest thou too should be another such as he. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Shrí Shrí PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 sighing sigh VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 7 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 8 expl _ _ 8 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 advmod _ _ 13 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nsubj _ _ 14 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 15 resembled resemble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 16 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 obj _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 19 det _ _ 19 feature feature NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 deceived deceive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 23 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 : : PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 26 even even ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 shudder shudder VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 31 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 33 advmod _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 33 ccomp _ _ 39 too too ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 cop _ _ 42 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 38 conj _ _ 43 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 45 case _ _ 44 as as ADP IN _ 43 fixed _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Shrí | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **sigh** | gerund | Shrí *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **come** | past | | | me | there | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to i=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **resemble** | past | one | thee | | every feature | | who *nsubj* | tree rules | | 5 | **deceive** | past | | me | | | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 6 | **shudder** | present | I | | | | now | | vn body\_internal\_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **think** *speech: other* | present | I | | | | | of feature; thou *ccomp* | vn focus-87.1-1 «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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/10/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/10/19/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/10/)