--- title: But in a dream I saw a lotus fall from heaven, and I heard a divine… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: But in a dream I saw a lotus fall from heaven, and I heard a divine voice saying to me: Do not hurry, but wait: for there shall come to you a husband, from the Land of the Lotus of the Sun. For he was your husband in a former birth, and you shall know him by a sign. 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For he was your husband in a former birth, and you shall know him by a sign. **Who acts:** I, divine voice, husband, you · **What happens:** see, hear, say, not hurry, wait, come · **To what, where:** lotus fall, dream, divine voice, me, husband, you · **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 (I, divine voice, husband, you), 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:pg68641:3:60 # text = But in a dream I saw a lotus fall from heaven, and I heard a divine voice saying to me: Do not hurry, but wait: for there shall come to you a husband, from the Land of the Lotus of the Sun. For he was your husband in a former birth, and you shall know him by a sign. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 lotus lotus NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 fall fall NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 divine divine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 saying say VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 18 acl _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 23 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 hurry hurry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 wait wait VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 25 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 29 : : PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 33 obl _ _ 32 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 come come VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 from from ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 Land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 Lotus Lotus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 Sun. Sunday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 48 For for ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 50 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 51 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 53 in in ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 54 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 55 former former ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 birth birth NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 59 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 60 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 61 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 parataxis _ _ 62 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 obj _ _ 63 by by ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | I | a lotus fall | | a dream | | from heaven | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fall=Stimulus | | 2 | **hear** | past | I | a divine voice | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | a divine voice *not said here* | | me | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to i=Recipient | | 4 | **not** **hurry** | infinitive · do-support | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **wait** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **come** | shall | | a husband | you | the Land of the Lotus of the Sun. | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme to you=Initial\_Location from land=Destination | | 7 | **is** | past | husband | | | a former birth | | for your husband; your *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 8 | **know** | shall | you | husband | | | | by a sign | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | 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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/3/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/3/61/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/3/)