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title: For the joy of reunion, and the desire of safety, and the fear of so… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics
description: For the joy of reunion, and the desire of safety, and the fear of solitude drew her towards him like a threefold cord: while the memory of her deception, and the fear of illusion, and the anticipation of unknown danger, fixed her to the ground like roots. Who acts: fear, moon. A sentence of «The des
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# The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 8, sentence 6

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For the joy of reunion, and the desire of safety, and the fear of solitude drew her towards him like a threefold cord: while the memory of her deception, and the fear of illusion, and the anticipation of unknown danger, fixed her to the ground like roots.

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**Who acts:** fear, moon · **What happens:** draw, fix, joy, desire, fear, deceive · **To what, where:** moon, reunion, safety, solitude, illusion

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This is a sentence of «The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth» by Unknown, A Sleep and a Dream., part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fear, moon), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg68641:10:6
# text = For the joy of reunion, and the desire of safety, and the fear of solitude drew her towards him like a threefold cord: while the memory of her deception, and the fear of illusion, and the anticipation of unknown danger, fixed her to the ground like roots.
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	joy	joy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	reunion	reunion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	desire	desire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	solitude	solitude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
18	drew	draw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	_
19	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	iobj	_	_
20	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obl	_	_
22	like	like	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
23	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	threefold	threefold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	cord	cord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	29	punct	_	_
27	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	29	mark	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	memory	memory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	appos	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	32	nmod:poss	_	_
32	deception	deception	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	conj	_	_
37	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
38	illusion	illusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	anticipation	anticipation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	conj	_	_
43	of	of	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	unknown	unknown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	amod	_	_
45	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
47	fixed	fix	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
48	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	47	obj	_	_
49	to	to	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obl	_	_
52	like	like	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
53	roots	root	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	51	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	47	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | past | the fear of solitude |  | moon |  |  | towards husband; like a threefold cord | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme towards he=Destination |
| 2 | **fix** | past |  | moon |  |  |  | for the joy of reunion and the desire of safety; to the ground like roots | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent she=Patient to ground=Co-Patient |
| 3 | **joy** |  |  | reunion |  |  |  |  | nom joy «feeling transitive»: of=patient |
| 4 | **desire** |  |  | safety |  |  |  |  | nom desire «feeling transitive»: of=patient |
| 5 | **fear** |  |  | solitude |  |  |  |  | nom fear «feeling transitive»: of=patient |
| 6 | **deceive** |  | moon |  |  |  |  |  | nom deception «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
| 7 | **fear** |  |  | illusion |  |  |  |  | nom fear «feeling transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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.

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