--- title: Then he dismissed his daughter, and summoned his chamberlains, and s… — The descent of the sun: A cycle of birth · tree and pragmatics description: Then he dismissed his daughter, and summoned his chamberlains, and said to them: Get criers, and send them through the city, and let them proclaim by beat of drum: That any high caste man, who has seen the Land of the Lotus of the Sun, shall share my kingdom, and marry my daughter. 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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 (husband, criers, That, high caste man), 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:pg68641:3:75 # text = Then he dismissed his daughter, and summoned his chamberlains, and said to them: Get criers, and send them through the city, and let them proclaim by beat of drum: That any high caste man, who has seen the Land of the Lotus of the Sun, shall share my kingdom, and marry my daughter. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 dismissed dismiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 summoned summon VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 chamberlains chamberlain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 17 Get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 18 criers crier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 through through ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 29 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 proclaim proclaim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 by by ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 beat beat NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 drum drum NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 : : PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 36 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 nsubj _ _ 37 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 40 det _ _ 38 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 39 caste caste NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 43 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 40 acl:relcl _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 Land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 Lotus Lotus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 54 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 share share VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 conj _ _ 56 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 60 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 61 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 62 nmod:poss _ _ 62 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dismiss** | past | husband | husband's daughter | | | then | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme | | 2 | **summon** | past | husband *not said here* | husband's chamberlains | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chamberlain=Recipient | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | husband *not said here* | | chamberlains *= chamberlain* | | | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to they=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 4 | **get** | infinitive | | criers | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer crier=Stimulus | | 5 | **send** | infinitive | | criers *= crier* | | the city | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 6 | **let** | infinitive | | criers *= crier* | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **proclaim** | infinitive | criers *= crier* *not said here* | | | | | by beat of drum | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **man** | | That | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **see** | present · perfect | any high caste man | the Land of the Lotus of the Sun | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer land=Stimulus | | 10 | **share** | shall | That *not said here* | my kingdom | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **marry** | infinitive | husband *not said here* | my daughter | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient | 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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/3/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/3/76/) - ↑ back to [A Sleep and a Dream., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg68641/3/)