--- title: And now, by the decree of destiny, it so happened, that Umra-Singh,… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: And now, by the decree of destiny, it so happened, that Umra-Singh, having wandered through the whole world looking for his wife, roaming up and down in the forest, was lying asleep in another place, close to that very pool. Who acts: it, Umra, destiny. 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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 (it, Umra, destiny), 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:pg68641:10:55 # text = And now, by the decree of destiny, it so happened, that Umra-Singh, having wandered through the whole world looking for his wife, roaming up and down in the forest, was lying asleep in another place, close to that very pool. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 2 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 decree decree NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 destiny destiny NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 15 Umra Umra PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 Singh Singh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 aux _ _ 20 wandered wander VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 parataxis _ _ 21 through through ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 roaming roam VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 conj _ _ 31 up up ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 down down ADV RB _ 31 conj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 40 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 xcomp _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 43 det _ _ 43 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 49 det _ _ 48 very very ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 pool pool NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | it | | | | now | by the decree of destiny | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by decree=Location | | 2 | **wander** | gerund · perfect | | | | the whole world | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through world=Trajectory | | 3 | **look** | gerund | | | | | | for Umra's wife | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for wife=Theme | | 4 | **roam** | gerund | | | | the forest | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in forest=Trajectory | | 5 | **lie** | past · progressive | Umra | | | another place | | asleep *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in place=Location | | 6 | **decree** | | destiny | | | | | | nom decree «communication intransitive»: of=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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/10/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/10/56/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/10/)