--- title: And then, stung by the taunt, Kamalamitra exclaimed in wrath: Fool!… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: And then, stung by the taunt, Kamalamitra exclaimed in wrath: Fool! if she does not turn him from his asceticism as easily as amber draws after it stubble and grass, I will cut off my own head and cast it into the Ganges. Who acts: Kamalamitra, amber, I. 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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, amber, I), 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:pg68641:2:49 # text = And then, stung by the taunt, Kamalamitra exclaimed in wrath: Fool! if she does not turn him from his asceticism as easily as amber draws after it stubble and grass, I will cut off my own head and cast it into the Ganges. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 stung sting VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 taunt taunt NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 Kamalamitra Kamalamitra PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 exclaimed exclaim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 wrath wrath NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 14 Fool fool NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 16 if if SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 20 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 from from ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 asceticism asceticism NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 as as ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 easily easily ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 27 as as SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 amber amber NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 draws draw VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 30 after after ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 stubble stubble NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 39 off off ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 41 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 cast cast VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 into into ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 Ganges Ganges PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sting** | participle | | | | | then | by the taunt | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **exclaim** *speech: express* | past | Kamalamitra | | | wrath and Fool | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **turn** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · do-support | Kamalamitra | God | | God's asceticism | | easily *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent he=Theme from asceticism=Trajectory | | 4 | **draw** | present | amber | | | | after stubble amber and grass | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **cut off** | future | I | my own head | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector head=Eventuality | | 6 | **cast** | present | I *not said here* | head | | the Ganges | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent it=Material into ganges=Product | 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/2/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/2/50/) - ↑ back to [An Evil Eye.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/2/)