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title: Long ago, on the slopes of Himálaya, there lived a young King of the… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics
description: Long ago, on the slopes of Himálaya, there lived a young King of the Spirits of the Air, named Kamalamitra[2]; for he was a portion of the Sun. And he worshipped the husband of Umá[3]. Who acts: fire. A sentence of «The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth» by Unknown, An Evil Eye., with its depende
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# The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, An Evil Eye., sentence 5

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Long ago, on the slopes of Himálaya, there lived a young King of the Spirits of the Air, named Kamalamitra\[2\]; for he was a portion of the Sun. And he worshipped the husband of Umá\[3\].

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**Who acts:** fire · **What happens:** live, name, be, worshipp · **To what, where:** young King, slopes, Spirits, husband

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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 (fire), 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:pg68641:2:5
# text = Long ago, on the slopes of Himálaya, there lived a young King of the Spirits of the Air, named Kamalamitra[2]; for he was a portion of the Sun. And he worshipped the husband of Umá[3].
1	Long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
2	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	slopes	slope	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Himálaya	Himálaya	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
10	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	11	expl	_	_
11	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	Spirits	spirit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	Air	Air	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
22	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	acl	_	_
23	Kamalamitra	Kamalamitra	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	2	2	NUM	LS	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	23	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	32	punct	_	_
28	for	for	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
29	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	_
30	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	cop	_	_
31	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	portion	portion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	Sun.	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	nmod	_	_
36	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
37	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	38	nsubj	_	_
38	worshipped	worshipp	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obj	_	_
41	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	Umá	Umá	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	44	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	38	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	44	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past |  | a young King |  | the slopes of Himálaya; there |  | of the Spirits of the Air; ago *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on slope=Location |
| 2 | **name** | participle |  | the Spirits of the Air *not said here* |  |  |  | Kamalamitra *xcomp* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | past | fire |  |  |  | sunday | for a portion | tree rules |
| 4 | **worshipp** | past | fire | the husband of Umá |  |  |  | 3 *obl* | tree rules |

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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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