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title: Could they unite to form the very body of the god of love, yet the e… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics
description: Could they unite to form the very body of the god of love, yet the eyes of Anushayiní, alone, would, like the eye of the enemy of Kaudarpa[13], reduce them to ashes. Who acts: fascinations. A sentence of «The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth» by Unknown, An Evil Eye., with its dependency tree an
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# The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, An Evil Eye., sentence 43

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Could they unite to form the very body of the god of love, yet the eyes of Anushayiní, alone, would, like the eye of the enemy of Kaudarpa\[13\], reduce them to ashes.

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**Who acts:** fascinations · **What happens:** unite, form, reduce · **To what, where:** body, fascinations, ashes

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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 (fascinations), 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:pg68641:2:43
# text = Could they unite to form the very body of the god of love, yet the eyes of Anushayiní, alone, would, like the eye of the enemy of Kaudarpa[13], reduce them to ashes.
1	Could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	unite	unite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	form	form	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	very	very	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	god	god	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
15	yet	yet	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	nsubj	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	Anushayiní	Anushayiní	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
21	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
23	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
25	like	like	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	enemy	enemy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nmod	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	Kaudarpa	Kaudarpa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	34	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	13	13	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	32	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	34	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
37	reduce	reduce	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
38	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	obj	_	_
39	to	to	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
40	ashes	ash	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **unite** | could | fascinations *= fascination* |  |  |  |  | like the eye of the enemy of Kaudarpa | tree rules |
| 2 | **form** | to-infinitive | fascinations *= fascination* *not said here* | the body of the god of love |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location body=Theme |
| 3 | **reduce** | infinitive | fascinations *= fascination* *not said here* | fascinations *= fascination* |  |  |  | to ashes *goal* | vn limit-76 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer they=Patient to ash=Goal |

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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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