--- title: [1] The Hindoos have a superstition, illustrated in a previous page,… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: [1] The Hindoos have a superstition, illustrated in a previous page, that moonstones in the rays of the moon distil a sort of lunar syrup, nectar or camphor, supposed to be composed of the substance of the moon. Who acts: Hindoos, moonstones. 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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 (Hindoos, moonstones), 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:pg68641:10:25 # text = [1] The Hindoos have a superstition, illustrated in a previous page, that moonstones in the rays of the moon distil a sort of lunar syrup, nectar or camphor, supposed to be composed of the substance of the moon. 1 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 1 1 NUM LS NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 4 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Hindoos hindoo NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 superstition superstition NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 illustrated illustrate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 previous previous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 page page NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 17 moonstones moonstone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 rays ray NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 24 distil distil VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 sort sort NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 lunar lunar ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 syrup syrup NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 nectar nectar NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 32 or or CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 camphor camphor NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 supposed suppose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 acl:relcl _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 composed compose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 xcomp _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 substance substance NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | the Hindoos | a superstition | | | | 1 *discourse* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent superstition=Patient | | 2 | **illustrate** | participle | | a superstition *not said here* | | a previous page | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **distil** | infinitive | moonstones in the rays of the moon | a sort of lunar syrup and nectar or camphor | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent sort=Source | | 4 | **suppose** | participle | | a sort of lunar syrup and nectar or camphor *not said here* | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **compose** | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | of the substance of the moon | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V» | | 6 | **ray** | | | the moon | | | | | nom ray «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **sort** | | | lunar syrup and nectar or camphor | | | | | nom sort «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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/10/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/10/26/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/10/)