--- title: And they drew in that instant from each other's eyes a deep draught… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: And they drew in that instant from each other's eyes a deep draught of the nectar of mutual contemplation, as if to sustain them in their pilgrimage over the terrible sea of separation, saying as it were to each other, but in vain[22]: Remember me! Who acts: others. A sentence of «The descent of the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/2/87/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/) / [An Evil Eye.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/2/) / 87 # The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, An Evil Eye., sentence 87 And they drew in that instant from each other's eyes a deep draught of the nectar of mutual contemplation, as if to sustain them in their pilgrimage over the terrible sea of separation, saying as it were to each other, but in vain\[22\]: Remember me! **Who acts:** others · **What happens:** draw, sustain, say, remember · **To what, where:** instant, others, pilgrimage, each, me · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (others), 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:pg68641:2:87 # text = And they drew in that instant from each other's eyes a deep draught of the nectar of mutual contemplation, as if to sustain them in their pilgrimage over the terrible sea of separation, saying as it were to each other, but in vain[22]: Remember me! 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 instant instant NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 11 det _ _ 9 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 draught draught NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 nectar nectar NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 mutual mutual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 contemplation contemplation NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 if if SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 sustain sustain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 26 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 pilgrimage pilgrimage NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 over over ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 separation separation NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 38 as as ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ _ 40 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 37 obl _ _ 43 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 but but CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 22 22 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 47 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 : : PUNCT : _ 52 punct _ _ 52 Remember remember VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 53 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **draw** | past | others *= other* | | | that instant | | from each other eyes a deep draught of the nectar of mutual contemplation | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from eye=Co-Patient | | 2 | **sustain** *a condition, not said to happen* | to-infinitive | others *= other* *not said here* | others *= other* | | others's pilgrimage | | over the terrible sea of separation | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | others *= other* *not said here* | | each | | | as separation | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to each=Recipient | | 4 | **remember** | infinitive | others *= other* *not said here* | me | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent i=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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/2/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/2/88/) - ↑ back to [An Evil Eye.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/2/)