--- title: Then said Kamalamitra: Since it is so, and I must absolutely choose,… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: Then said Kamalamitra: Since it is so, and I must absolutely choose, then give me a wife, whose eyes, like these hills and this sky, shall be full of the dusky lustre[5] of thy throat and thy moon, as if, insatiate of gazing at thee, they had become, not transitory mirrors, but pictures permanently --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/2/11/) [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/) / 11 # The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, An Evil Eye., sentence 11 Then said Kamalamitra: Since it is so, and I must absolutely choose, then give me a wife, whose eyes, like these hills and this sky, shall be full of the dusky lustre\[5\] of thy throat and thy moon, as if, insatiate of gazing at thee, they had become, not transitory mirrors, but pictures permanently stained with thy glory. **Who acts:** Kamalamitra, boon, I, insatiate, wife, pictures · **What happens:** say, be, choose, give, gaze, become · **To what, where:** wife, me, transitory mirrors · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (Kamalamitra, boon, I, insatiate), 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:pg68641:2:11 # text = Then said Kamalamitra: Since it is so, and I must absolutely choose, then give me a wife, whose eyes, like these hills and this sky, shall be full of the dusky lustre[5] of thy throat and thy moon, as if, insatiate of gazing at thee, they had become, not transitory mirrors, but pictures permanently stained with thy glory. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Kamalamitra Kamalamitra PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 5 Since since SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 absolutely absolutely ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ _ 17 give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 18 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 iobj _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 like like ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 27 det _ _ 27 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 det _ _ 30 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 cop _ _ 34 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 parataxis _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 dusky dusky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 lustre lustre NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 5 5 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 38 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 40 punct _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 throat throat NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 as as ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 if if SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 52 insatiate insatiate NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 parataxis _ _ 53 of of SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 54 gazing gaze VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 52 acl _ _ 55 at at ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 58 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 59 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 60 become become VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 62 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 64 advmod _ _ 63 transitory transitory NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 compound _ _ 64 mirrors mirror NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 66 but but CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 67 pictures picture NOUN NNS Number=Plur 69 nsubj _ _ 68 permanently permanently ADV RB _ 69 advmod _ _ 69 stained stain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 70 with with ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 71 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 72 nmod:poss _ _ 72 glory glory NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Kamalamitra | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **be** | present | boon | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **choose** | must | I | | | | | absolutely *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **give** | infinitive | I *not said here* | a wife and a wife and a wife's eyes's eyes | me | | then | like this hills and this sky | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient wife=Theme | | 5 | **is** | shall | | | | | | of the dusky lustre and thy moon; insatiate *parataxis*; full *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **gaze** | gerund | insatiate *not said here* | | | | | at thee | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at thou=Theme | | 7 | **become** | past · perfect | wife | transitory mirrors | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **stain** | past | pictures | | | | | with thy glory; permanently *property* | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with glory=Theme | | 9 | **glory** | | thy | | | | | | nom glory «state intransitive»: poss=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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/2/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/2/12/) - ↑ back to [An Evil Eye.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/2/)