--- title: So the criers went through the streets of the capital, beating drums… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: So the criers went through the streets of the capital, beating drums and crying aloud: _Whatsoever high-caste man has been to the Land of the Lotus of the Sun, let him come to the King: he shall share the King's kingdom, and marry the King's daughter_. Who acts: criers, caste man, drum. 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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 (criers, caste man, drum), 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:pg68641:3:102 # text = So the criers went through the streets of the capital, beating drums and crying aloud: _Whatsoever high-caste man has been to the Land of the Lotus of the Sun, let him come to the King: he shall share the King's kingdom, and marry the King's daughter_. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 criers crier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 through through ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 streets street NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 capital capital NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 beating beat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 13 drums drum NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ _ 16 aloud aloud ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 18 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Whatsoever whatsoever ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 20 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 caste caste NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 24 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 25 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 cop _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 Land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 Lotus Lotus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 : : PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 share share VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 48 's 's PART POS _ 47 case _ _ 49 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 marry marry VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 45 parataxis _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 55 's 's PART POS _ 54 case _ _ 56 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | the criers | | | the streets of the capital | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through street=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **beat** | gerund | the criers *not said here* | drums | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location drum=Theme | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | the criers *not said here* | | | | | aloud *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | present · perfect | caste man | | | | | to the Land; of the Lotus of the Sun | tree rules | | 5 | **let** | infinitive | caste man *not said here* | drum | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **come** | infinitive | drum *not said here* | | | | | to the King | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to king=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **share** | shall | drum | the King's kingdom | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **marry** | infinitive | | the King's daughter | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient | 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 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/3/101/) - next →: [sentence 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/3/103/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/3/)