--- title: And like a child she smiled at her father[9] with parted lips and ha… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: And like a child she smiled at her father[9] with parted lips and half-shut eyes, casting before her through the net of their lashes the magical charm of the colour of a wet lotus: and her girdle jingled as if with joy, while the flashing jewels with which she was covered all over changed colour, as --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/3/33/) [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/) / 33 # The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth, A Sleep and a Dream., part 1, sentence 33 And like a child she smiled at her father\[9\] with parted lips and half-shut eyes, casting before her through the net of their lashes the magical charm of the colour of a wet lotus: and her girdle jingled as if with joy, while the flashing jewels with which she was covered all over changed colour, as if with envy at being outshone by the play\[10\] of her eyes. **Who acts:** Shrí, girdle, play, eyes · **What happens:** smile, part, cast, jingle, cover, change · **To what, where:** net, flashing jewels, Shrí, envy 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 (Shrí, girdle, play, eyes), 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:pg68641:3:33 # text = And like a child she smiled at her father[9] with parted lips and half-shut eyes, casting before her through the net of their lashes the magical charm of the colour of a wet lotus: and her girdle jingled as if with joy, while the flashing jewels with which she was covered all over changed colour, as if with envy at being outshone by the play[10] of her eyes. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 like like ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 smiled smile VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 9 9 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 9 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 11 punct _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 parted part VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 amod _ _ 15 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 19 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 shut shut ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 casting cast VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 23 before before ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ _ 25 through through ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 net net NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 lashes lash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 magical magical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 charm charm NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 appos _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 lotus lotus NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 : : PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 43 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 girdle girdle NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 45 jingled jingle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 46 as as ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 if if SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 48 with with ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 51 while while SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 flashing flashing NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 compound _ _ 54 jewels jewel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ _ 55 with with ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 59 obl _ _ 57 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj:pass _ _ 58 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 aux:pass _ _ 59 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 54 acl:relcl _ _ 60 all all ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 61 over over ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 62 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 63 amod _ _ 63 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 65 as as ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 66 if if SCONJ IN _ 68 mark _ _ 67 with with ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 68 envy envy NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 parataxis _ _ 69 at at SCONJ IN _ 71 mark _ _ 70 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 71 aux:pass _ _ 71 outshone outshine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 68 acl _ _ 72 by by ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 74 play play NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 75 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 76 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 76 10 10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 74 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 77 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 76 punct _ _ 78 of of ADP IN _ 80 case _ _ 79 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 80 nmod:poss _ _ 80 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 74 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 81 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **smile** | past | Shrí | | | | | like a child; at Shrí's father; with parted lips and shut eyes | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **part** | participle | | | | | | | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **cast** | gerund | Shrí *not said here* | | | the net of eyes's lashes | before Shrí | | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent before she=Destination | | 4 | **jingle** | past | Shrí's girdle | the flashing jewels | | | | as joy; envy *parataxis* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **cover** | past · passive | | Shrí | | | | with the flashing jewels; changed colour *obj* | tree rules | | 6 | **change** | participle | | | | | | over *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **outshine** | gerund · passive | the play of Shrí's eyes | envy *not said here* | | | | | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 8 | **play** | | Shrí's eyes | | | | | | nom play «communication intransitive»: of=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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/3/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/3/34/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/3/)