--- title: Nay, in the interior of her heart she rejoiced, to find that she cou… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: Nay, in the interior of her heart she rejoiced, to find that she could not dissuade him, for she was filled with curiosity herself, to see whether in truth her beauty would prevail over the ascetic, though she trembled for the consequences. Who acts: interior, beauty. 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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 (interior, beauty), 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:pg68641:2:61 # text = Nay, in the interior of her heart she rejoiced, to find that she could not dissuade him, for she was filled with curiosity herself, to see whether in truth her beauty would prevail over the ascetic, though she trembled for the consequences. 1 Nay nay INTJ UH _ 10 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 interior interior NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 rejoiced rejoice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 dissuade dissuade VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 for for SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 curiosity curiosity NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 27 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 31 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 36 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 prevail prevail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 38 over over ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 ascetic ascetic NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 though though SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 trembled tremble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 45 for for ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 consequences consequence NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rejoice** | past | the interior of interior's heart | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **find** | to-infinitive | the interior of interior's heart *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **not** **dissuade** | could | interior | | Daksha | | | | vn discourage-64.5 «NP V NP PP.eventuality»: agent=Causer he=Beneficiary | | 4 | **fill** | past · passive | | interior | | | | with curiosity; interior *obl* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with curiosity=Instrument | | 5 | **see** | to-infinitive | the interior of interior's heart *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **prevail** | would | interior's beauty | | | truth | | over the ascetic | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in truth=Location | | 7 | **tremble** | past | beauty | | | | | for the consequences | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/2/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/2/62/) - ↑ back to [An Evil Eye.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/2/)