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# The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, An Evil Eye., sentence 33

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And like a vessel filled to the brim and running over, he was so overflowing with delight in her beauty, and the pride of having so unique a specimen of womankind all to himself, that he could not contain his emotion, but sought relief in going about everywhere talking about her, and trying to get everybody to acknowledge, what he thought himself, that all other women in the world were absolutely nothing in comparison with his own wife.

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**Who acts:** purpose, pride, everybody, other women · **What happens:** fill, run over, overflow, have, not contain, seek · **To what, where:** beauty, unique specimen, purpose, emotion, relief, everybody · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (purpose, pride, everybody, other women), 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:pg68641:2:33
# text = And like a vessel filled to the brim and running over, he was so overflowing with delight in her beauty, and the pride of having so unique a specimen of womankind all to himself, that he could not contain his emotion, but sought relief in going about everywhere talking about her, and trying to get everybody to acknowledge, what he thought himself, that all other women in the world were absolutely nothing in comparison with his own wife.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
2	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	vessel	vessel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
5	filled	fill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	brim	brim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	running	run	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	conj	_	_
11	over	over	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	overflowing	overflow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
17	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	delight	delight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	beauty	beauty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	pride	pride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nsubj	_	_
26	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	27	mark	_	_
27	having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
28	so	so	ADV	RB	_	29	advmod	_	_
29	unique	unique	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
30	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	specimen	specimen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obj	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	womankind	womankind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	_
34	all	all	ADV	RB	_	36	advmod	_	_
35	to	to	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
36	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	27	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
38	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	42	mark	_	_
39	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	nsubj	_	_
40	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	42	aux	_	_
41	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	42	advmod	_	_
42	contain	contain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	27	advcl	_	_
43	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	44	nmod:poss	_	_
44	emotion	emotion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
46	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
47	sought	seek	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
48	relief	relief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obj	_	_
49	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	50	mark	_	_
50	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	47	advcl	_	_
51	about	about	ADV	RB	_	52	advmod	_	_
52	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	50	advmod	_	_
53	talking	talk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	50	xcomp	_	_
54	about	about	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
55	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	53	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
57	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	_
58	trying	try	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	47	conj	_	_
59	to	to	PART	TO	_	60	mark	_	_
60	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	58	xcomp	_	_
61	everybody	everybody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	60	obj	_	_
62	to	to	PART	TO	_	63	mark	_	_
63	acknowledge	acknowledge	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	60	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	67	punct	_	_
65	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	67	obj	_	_
66	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	67	nsubj	_	_
67	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	58	parataxis	_	_
68	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	67	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	79	punct	_	_
70	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	79	mark	_	_
71	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	73	det	_	_
72	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	73	amod	_	_
73	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	79	nsubj	_	_
74	in	in	ADP	IN	_	76	case	_	_
75	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	76	det	_	_
76	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	73	nmod	_	_
77	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	79	cop	_	_
78	absolutely	absolutely	ADV	RB	_	79	advmod	_	_
79	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	67	ccomp	_	_
80	in	in	ADP	IN	_	81	case	_	_
81	comparison	comparison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	79	nmod	_	_
82	with	with	ADP	IN	_	85	case	_	_
83	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	85	nmod:poss	_	_
84	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	85	amod	_	_
85	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	79	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
86	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fill** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | like a vessel; to the brim | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **run over** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | over *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **overflow** | past · progressive | purpose |  |  | name's beauty |  | with delight | tree rules |
| 4 | **have** | gerund | the pride | a unique specimen of womankind | purpose |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent specimen=Patient |
| 5 | **not** **contain** | could | purpose | purpose's emotion |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot emotion=Theme |
| 6 | **seek** | past |  | relief |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent relief=Theme |
| 7 | **go about** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | everywhere *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **talk** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | about name | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about she=Topic |
| 9 | **try** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 10 | **get** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | everybody |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 11 | **acknowledge** | to-infinitive | everybody *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 12 | **think** *speech: other* | past | purpose | purpose |  |  |  | what *obj* | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent what=Theme himself=Attribute |
| 13 | **is a** | past | all other women in the world | nothing |  | comparison |  | with purpose's own wife; absolutely *property* | tree rules |
| 14 | **emote** |  | purpose |  |  |  |  |  | nom emotion «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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