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title: And as he stood there, doubting still, for the laughter in his wakin… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics
description: And as he stood there, doubting still, for the laughter in his waking ears, whether he woke or slept, he looked before him, and saw in the moonlight the figure of a woman, running towards him: and instantly he knew her to be Shrí. Who acts: Umra. A sentence of «The descent of the sun: A cycle of bir
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# The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 8, sentence 62

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And as he stood there, doubting still, for the laughter in his waking ears, whether he woke or slept, he looked before him, and saw in the moonlight the figure of a woman, running towards him: and instantly he knew her to be Shrí.

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**Who acts:** Umra · **What happens:** stand, doubt, wake, sleep, look, see · **To what, where:** figure, moonlight, woman, Shrí

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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 (Umra), 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:pg68641:10:62
# text = And as he stood there, doubting still, for the laughter in his waking ears, whether he woke or slept, he looked before him, and saw in the moonlight the figure of a woman, running towards him: and instantly he knew her to be Shrí.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
2	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	advcl	_	_
5	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	doubting	doubt	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	advcl	_	_
8	still	still	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	laughter	laughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
15	waking	waking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
19	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	woke	wake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
21	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	slept	sleep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
24	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
25	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
26	before	before	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
30	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	conj	_	_
31	in	in	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	moonlight	moonlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	figure	figure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obj	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
40	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	30	advcl	_	_
41	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	40	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	47	punct	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
45	instantly	instantly	ADV	RB	_	47	advmod	_	_
46	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	47	nsubj	_	_
47	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	conj	_	_
48	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	47	obj	_	_
49	to	to	PART	TO	_	51	mark	_	_
50	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	51	cop	_	_
51	Shrí	Shrí	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	47	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	25	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | past | Umra |  |  | there |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **doubt** | gerund | Umra *not said here* |  |  |  | still | for the laughter in Umra's waking ears | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent for laughter=Attribute |
| 3 | **wake** | past | Umra |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **sleep** | past | Umra *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **look** | past | Umra |  |  |  | before shout |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent before he=Theme |
| 6 | **see** | past | Umra *not said here* | the figure of a woman |  | the moonlight |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer figure=Stimulus |
| 7 | **run** | gerund | Umra *not said here* |  |  |  |  | towards Umra | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards he=Destination |
| 8 | **know** | past | Umra | woman |  |  |  | instantly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |
| 9 | **is a** | to-infinitive |  | Shrí |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 10 | **figure** |  |  | a woman |  |  |  |  | nom figure «communication 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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