--- title: For he said: Her eyes are like lotuses, and like the pools in which… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: For he said: Her eyes are like lotuses, and like the pools in which they dwell: and surely they are the very echo of the eyes of the Goddess of Beauty when she rose from the sea, and lay in her blue lotus cradle, lapped by the foam of which she was composed, and gazing at the wondering waves with ey --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/3/18/) [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/) / [A Sleep and a Dream., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/3/) / 18 # The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 1, sentence 18 For he said: Her eyes are like lotuses, and like the pools in which they dwell: and surely they are the very echo of the eyes of the Goddess of Beauty when she rose from the sea, and lay in her blue lotus cradle, lapped by the foam of which she was composed, and gazing at the wondering waves with eyes that mocked them, and robbed them of their hue. **Who acts:** King, eyes, echo · **What happens:** say, be, dwell, rise, lie, lap · **To what, where:** pools, echo, sea, blue lotus cradle, eyes · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth» by Unknown, A Sleep and a Dream., part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, eyes, echo), 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:pg68641:3:18 # text = For he said: Her eyes are like lotuses, and like the pools in which they dwell: and surely they are the very echo of the eyes of the Goddess of Beauty when she rose from the sea, and lay in her blue lotus cradle, lapped by the foam of which she was composed, and gazing at the wondering waves with eyes that mocked them, and robbed them of their hue. 1 For for SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 5 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 7 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 like like ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 lotuses lotus NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 like like ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 pools pool NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 appos _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 obl _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 dwell dwell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 21 surely surely ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 23 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 very very ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 echo echo NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 Goddess Goddess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Beauty Beauty PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 35 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 37 advmod _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 38 from from ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 45 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 46 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 47 lotus lotus NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 compound _ _ 48 cradle cradle NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 50 lapped lap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 acl _ _ 51 by by ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 foam foam NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 58 obl _ _ 56 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 57 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 aux:pass _ _ 58 composed compose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 53 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 61 gazing gaze VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 43 advcl _ _ 62 at at ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 64 wondering wondering NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 compound _ _ 65 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 61 obl _ _ 66 with with ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 67 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 65 nmod _ _ 68 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 69 nsubj _ _ 69 mocked mock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 67 acl:relcl _ _ 70 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 69 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 72 and and CCONJ CC _ 73 cc _ _ 73 robbed rob VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ _ 74 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 73 obj _ _ 75 of of ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 76 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 77 nmod:poss _ _ 77 hue hue NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | King | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** | present | Shrí's eyes | | | | | like lotuses; the pools *appos* | tree rules | | 3 | **dwell** | present | eyes *= eye* | | | the pools | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Location | | 4 | **is a** | present | eyes *= eye* | the echo | | | | of the eyes of the Goddess of Beauty; surely *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **rise** | past | the echo | | | the sea | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from sea=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **lie** | past | the echo *not said here* | | | Shrí's blue lotus cradle | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in cradle=Location | | 7 | **lap** | participle | | Shrí's blue lotus cradle *not said here* | | | | by the foam | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **compose** | past · passive | | echo | | | | of the foam | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | | 9 | **gaze** | gerund | the echo *not said here* | | | | | at the wondering waves with eyes | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at wave=Theme | | 10 | **mock** | past | eyes | eyes *= eye* | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 11 | **rob** | past | the echo *not said here* | eyes *= eye* | | | | of eyes's hue | vn rob-10.6.4 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent they=Theme of hue=Source | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/3/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/3/19/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/3/)