--- title: As this colour is the keynote of the story, it should be observed, t… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: As this colour is the keynote of the story, it should be observed, that it is a deep, intense blue, inclining to black, essentially associated in Hindoo literature with the moon-crested God, peacocks, and the lotus. Who acts: colour. A sentence of «The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth» by Unknow --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/2/109/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/) / [An Evil Eye.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/2/) / 109 # The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, An Evil Eye., sentence 109 As this colour is the keynote of the story, it should be observed, that it is a deep, intense blue, inclining to black, essentially associated in Hindoo literature with the moon-crested God, peacocks, and the lotus. **Who acts:** colour · **What happens:** be, observe, incline, associate, crest · **To what, where:** colour, Hindoo literature This is a sentence of «The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth» by Unknown, An Evil Eye.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (colour), 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:pg68641:2:109 # text = As this colour is the keynote of the story, it should be observed, that it is a deep, intense blue, inclining to black, essentially associated in Hindoo literature with the moon-crested God, peacocks, and the lotus. 1 As as ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 keynote keynote NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 observed observe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 intense intense ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 inclining incline VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 essentially essentially ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 associated associate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 advcl _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 Hindoo Hindoo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 literature literature NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 36 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 crested crest VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 amod _ _ 39 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 peacocks peacock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 lotus lotus NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | this colour | | | | | as the keynote; of the story | tree rules | | 2 | **observe** | should · passive | | colour | | | | the lotus *obl* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | | 3 | **is** | present | colour | | | | | deep *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **be** | | colour *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **incline** | gerund | colour *not said here* | | | | | to black | vn addict-96 «NP V NP PP.Theme»: agent=Agent to black=Theme | | 6 | **associate** | participle | colour *not said here* | | | Hindoo literature with the crested God and peacocks | | essentially *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **crest** | participle | | | | | | moon *compound* | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: 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 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/2/108/) - next →: [sentence 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/2/110/) - ↑ back to [An Evil Eye.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/2/)