--- title: And after a while, Shrí came in, undulating as she moved like a swan… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: And after a while, Shrí came in, undulating as she moved like a swan[8], and swaying like a flower waving in the wind: for her waist could be grasped by the fist, and her bosom was glorious, like the swell of an ocean wave. Who acts: Shrí, flower, fist, bosom. 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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 (Shrí, flower, fist, bosom), 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:pg68641:3:32 # text = And after a while, Shrí came in, undulating as she moved like a swan[8], and swaying like a flower waving in the wind: for her waist could be grasped by the fist, and her bosom was glorious, like the swell of an ocean wave. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 after after ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 Shrí Shrí PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 in in ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 undulating undulate VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 14 like like ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 swan swan NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 8 8 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 16 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 swaying sway VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 23 like like ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 waving wave VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 acl _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 : : PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 waist waist NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 34 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 grasped grasp VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 37 by by ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 fist fist NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 42 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 bosom bosom NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 45 glorious glorious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 like like ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 swell swell NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 51 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 ocean ocean NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 compound _ _ 53 wave wave NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come in** | past | Shrí | | | | while | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **undulate** | gerund | Shrí *not said here* | | | | | | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **move** | past | Shrí | | | | | like a swan | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **sway** | gerund | Shrí *not said here* | | | | | like a flower | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **wave** | gerund | a flower *not said here* | | | | | in the wind | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in wind=Theme | | 6 | **grasp** | could · passive | the fist | | | | | for Shrí's waist | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is** | past | Shrí's bosom | | | | | like the swell of a ocean wave; glorious *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **bosom** | | Shrí | | | | | | nom bosom «state transitive»: poss=agent | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/3/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/3/33/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/3/)