--- title: And at last, unable to endure any longer the silence and the solitud… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: And at last, unable to endure any longer the silence and the solitude, she rose up and began to move slowly, with hesitating steps, through the dark wood, not knowing where to go, yet not daring to stay where she was. Who acts: moon. 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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 (moon), 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:pg68641:10:3 # text = And at last, unable to endure any longer the silence and the solitude, she rose up and began to move slowly, with hesitating steps, through the dark wood, not knowing where to go, yet not daring to stay where she was. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 unable unable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 endure endure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 any any ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 7 advmod _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 silence silence NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 solitude solitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 18 up up ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 hesitating hesitate VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 27 amod _ _ 27 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 through through ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 conj _ _ 36 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 38 advmod _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 daring dare VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 45 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 47 advmod _ _ 46 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **endure** | to-infinitive | | the silence and the solitude | | | | long *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme silence=Circumstance | | 2 | **rise up** | past | moon | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **begin** | past | moon *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **move** | to-infinitive | moon *not said here* | | | | | with hesitating steps through the dark wood; slowly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **hesitate** | gerund | | | | | | | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **know** | gerund | moon *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **go** | to-infinitive | moon *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **not** **dare** | gerund | | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **not** **stay** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **be** | past | moon | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/10/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/10/4/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/10/)