--- title: And surely this is no mere mortal maiden, but rather some deity, or… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: And surely this is no mere mortal maiden, but rather some deity, or portion of a deity, smitten by a curse, and doomed thereby to descend for a period into this lower world, to expiate awhile sins committed in a former birth. Who acts: this. 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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 (this), 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:pg68641:3:13 # text = And surely this is no mere mortal maiden, but rather some deity, or portion of a deity, smitten by a curse, and doomed thereby to descend for a period into this lower world, to expiate awhile sins committed in a former birth. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 surely surely ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 3 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 8 det _ _ 6 mere mere ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 mortal mortal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 rather rather ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 12 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 13 det _ _ 13 deity deity NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 or or CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 portion portion NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 deity deity NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 smitten smite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ _ 22 by by ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 curse curse NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 doomed doom VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 28 thereby thereby ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 descend descend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 period period NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 into into ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 37 det _ _ 36 lower low ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 37 amod _ _ 37 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 expiate expiate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 41 awhile awhile ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 sins sin VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 ccomp _ _ 43 committed commit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 xcomp _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 former former ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 birth birth NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | this | no mere mortal maiden | | | | some deity or portion of a deity *parataxis*; surely *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **smite** | participle | this *not said here* | | | | | by a curse | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **doom** | participle | this *not said here* | | | | | thereby *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **descend** | to-infinitive | this *not said here* | | | this lower world | | for a period | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into world=Location | | 5 | **expiate** | to-infinitive | this *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **sin** | present | this *not said here* | | | | | awhile *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **commit** | participle | this *not said here* | | | a former birth | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in birth=Destination | 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/3/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/3/14/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/3/)