--- title: Then Kamalamitra, having thus obtained her from the deity, took poss… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: Then Kamalamitra, having thus obtained her from the deity, took possession of his lovely little wife, and thereafter remained with her in the region about Kailás, utterly bewildered and intoxicated by constantly gazing at those mirrors of deity, her two great eyes. Who acts: Kamalamitra, name. 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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 (Kamalamitra, name), 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:pg68641:2:31 # text = Then Kamalamitra, having thus obtained her from the deity, took possession of his lovely little wife, and thereafter remained with her in the region about Kailás, utterly bewildered and intoxicated by constantly gazing at those mirrors of deity, her two great eyes. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 Kamalamitra Kamalamitra PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 csubj _ _ 5 thus thus ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 obtained obtain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 deity deity NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 13 possession possession NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 16 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 17 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 thereafter thereafter ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 remained remain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 region region NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 28 about about ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Kailás Kailás PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 utterly utterly ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 bewildered bewilder VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 intoxicated intoxicate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 conj _ _ 35 by by SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 constantly constantly ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 gazing gaze VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 38 at at ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 40 det _ _ 40 mirrors mirror NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 deity deity NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 45 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 47 nummod _ _ 46 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | gerund | | | | | | thus *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **obtain** | past | Kamalamitra | name | | the deity | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent she=Theme from deity=Source | | 3 | **take** | past | Kamalamitra *not said here* | possession of purpose's lovely little wife | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent possession=Theme | | 4 | **remain** | participle | Kamalamitra *not said here* | | | the region about Kailás | | with name; thereafter *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in region=Location | | 5 | **bewilder** | participle | Kamalamitra *not said here* | | | | | utterly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **intoxicate** | participle | Kamalamitra *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **gaze** | gerund | Kamalamitra *not said here* | | | | | at that mirrors of deity; constantly *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at mirror=Theme | | 8 | **eye** | | name | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **possess** | | | purpose's lovely little wife | | | | | nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/2/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/2/32/) - ↑ back to [An Evil Eye.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/2/)